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DRIVE SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, PARTICULARLY FOR TRUCK-TRAILER AND TRUCK SEMI-TRAILER COMBINATIONS

  • US 3,860,081 A
  • Filed: 08/22/1973
  • Issued: 01/14/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A drive system for a truck and trailer or semitrailer combination requiring more than two axles, comprising:

  • a. an internal combustion engine, b. an electric generator arranged to be driven by said engine, c. a plurality of axle-motor units, each unit including an axle and at least one electric motor, each of said axle-motor units being formed as a unitary assembly which can be incorporated in the truck and trailer combination so that the motor drives a wheel of the combination, and which can be removed as a unitary assembly and replaced by another similar unit or by an axle having no motor associated with it, and d. means for transmitting electricity from said generator to said motors.

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