Omnibus
AssigneeGottlob Auwarter GmbH & Co.
InventorsRobert Lee, Karl-Heinz David
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Abstract
An omnibus with steered front wheels as well as steered and driven rear wheels, the rear wheels being arranged in the region of a rear end of the omnibus such that wheel housings associated with the rear wheels are arranged essentially at the rear end and/or outside the passenger compartment. A particularly compact and economical drive is obtained due to fact that the drive for the rear wheels comprises an electric drive, wherein the rear wheels are driven by wheel hub motors free of slip and the wheel hub motors are designed as electric motors.
Claims33
An omnibus comprising:
- steered front wheels as well as steered and driven rear wheels, said rear wheels being arranged in a rear end region of the omnibus such that wheel housings associated with the rear wheels are arranged essentially at the rear end of the omnibus;
- and
- an electric drive comprising at least one electric wheel hub motor free of slip for driving the rear wheels;
- wherein a steering movement of the rear wheels is coupled to a steering movement of the front wheels such that a predeterminable, virtual wheelbase R.sub.v is generated which is shorter than an actual wheelbase R.sub.t.
An omnibus, comprising:
- steered front wheels as well as steered and driven rear wheels, said rear wheels being arranged in a rear end region of the omnibus such that wheel housings associated with the rear wheels are arranged essentially outside a passenger compartment of the omnibus;
- and
- an electric drive comprising at least one electric wheel hub motor free of slip for driving the rear wheels;
- wherein a steering movement of the rear wheels is coupled to a steering movement of the front wheels such that a predeterminable, virtual wheelbase R.sub.v is generated which is shorter than an actual wheelbase R.sub.t.
An omnibus, comprising:
- steered front wheels as well as steered and driven rear wheels, said rear wheels being arranged in a rear end region of the omnibus;
- and
- an electric drive comprising at least one electric wheel hub motor free of slip for driving the rear wheels;
- wherein:
- a steering movement of the rear wheels is coupled to a steering movement of the front wheels;
- and
- for maneuvering the omnibus below a certain traveling speed, the coupling of the steering movements of the front wheels and rear wheels is adapted to be overridden and the steering of the rear wheels is adapted to be freely controlled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.