All-wheel drive motor vehicle
First Claim
1. An all-wheel drive motor vehicle having at least two wheel axles, comprising:
- an electrical or hydraulic drive unit having a plurality of electric or hydraulic motors, connected to an electric or hydraulic energy source, wherein each motor is associated with a drive wheel and drives such wheel via a transmission, wherein the motors that are associated with a given one of said wheel axles are adapted to be coupled with one another via shiftable transverse locking means, and wherein at least one of said motors on a first side of the vehicle is adapted to be coupled, via a shiftable longitudinal locking means, with one of said motors that is associated with a different one of said wheel axles on the same side of the vehicle or on a second side of the vehicle.
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Abstract
An all-wheel drive motor vehicle having at least two wheel axles and comprising an electrical or hydraulic drive unit having a plurality of electric or hydraulic motors connected to an electrical or hydraulic energy source. Each motor is associated with a drive wheel and drives such wheel via a transmission. The motors that are associated with a given one of the wheel axles are adapted to be coupled with one another via a shiftable transverse locking device. At least one of the motors on a first side of the vehicle is adapted to be coupled, via a shiftable longitudinal locking device, with one of the motors associated with a different one of the wheel axles on the same side or on a second side of the vehicle.
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1. An all-wheel drive motor vehicle having at least two wheel axles, comprising:
an electrical or hydraulic drive unit having a plurality of electric or hydraulic motors, connected to an electric or hydraulic energy source, wherein each motor is associated with a drive wheel and drives such wheel via a transmission, wherein the motors that are associated with a given one of said wheel axles are adapted to be coupled with one another via shiftable transverse locking means, and wherein at least one of said motors on a first side of the vehicle is adapted to be coupled, via a shiftable longitudinal locking means, with one of said motors that is associated with a different one of said wheel axles on the same side of the vehicle or on a second side of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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