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US 6,182,780 B2Granted
Multiple wheel drive assembly
OwnerErnie Brookinsinventor
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Abstract
A multiple wheel drive assembly including front and wheel axles and four independent gear boxes one for each wheel axle and two intermediate gear boxes each of which is connected to a pair of front and rear wheel axle gear boxes. Each of the gear boxes has a ring gear disposed therein and is capable of effectively reducing the inputted rpms up to eight times and also allows the user to easily adjust the wheel bases to any width and length without having to effect the gear boxes including the ring gears. Each pair of front and rear wheel axles are actuated independently of one another.
Claims7
A multiple wheel drive assembly comprising:
- a plurality of wheel axles including front and rear wheel axles;
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- a means for independent gear reduction for each of said wheel axles and also for each pair of said front and rear wheel axle, said independent gear reduction means further comprising a plurality of wheel axle gear boxes one for each of said wheel axles, each of said wheel axle gear boxes including a housing having first and second opposed openings therein and a third opening, and further including a ring gear disposed inside thereof, each of said wheel axles having an end portion rotatably extending in one of said openings of said housing and being engaged to said ring gear of a respective one of said wheel axle gear boxes for rotation therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.