Title:
OFF ROAD VEHICLE APPARATUS AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006060349
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A ground engaged vehicle (10) includes a front portion (12) and a rear portion (14) joined by an articulation (60). The articulation rotates around a longitudinal axis. An engine drives a hydrostatic pump (100) which drives four hydrostatic motors (130, 132, 134, 136), each of the hydrostatic motors in operative engagement with one of four wheels (50, 52). The wheels are on wheel mounts (40), each of the wheel mounts having a vertical axis around which one of the four wheels with one of the hydrostatic motors is turnable. A steering system turns the two wheels of the front portion in a first direction and the two wheels of the rear portion in an opposite direction. The steering system is powered by the hydrostatic pump. A pedal control system (300) has a first pedal controlling driving the vehicle in a forward direction and a second pedal controlling driving the vehicle in a rearward direction.
Inventors:
DONALDSON DAVID (US)
LAREAU JOHN (US)
LAREAU JOHN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/043021
Publication Date:
July 06, 2006
Filing Date:
November 29, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
COOT2 INC (US)
DONALDSON DAVID (US)
LAREAU JOHN (US)
DONALDSON DAVID (US)
LAREAU JOHN (US)
International Classes:
B62D53/02; B60K7/00
Foreign References:
| US3810513A | 1974-05-14 | |||
| GB760106A | 1956-10-31 | |||
| GB191217306A | 1913-07-25 | |||
| FR2546470A1 | 1984-11-30 |
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