VEHICLE

• Main Authors: KOLUNTAEV A.I, KRYL'TSOV V.E, KHIMCHENKO V.P, SHISHKOV N.M, SIPACHEV P.A, VLASOV P.V
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.05.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: AMPHIBIOUS OR LIKE VEHICLES; CONVERTIBLE VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to vehicles which can be converter for riding along motor roads and railways. Proposed vehicle 1 has axle with pneumatic wheels 2 coupled with drive and railway wheelset 3 whose axles are installed on vehicle frame for turning by drive in vertical plane. Wheels of wheelsets have support-and-driving drums which provide rotation of railway wheelsets when drums engage with pneumatic wheels. Reversing device mounted on vehicle has reversing reduction gear, one shaft of which is connected with power takeoff case cut-in by engagement clutch and coupled with primary shaft of transfer case to which rotation from gearbox is transmitted. Second shaft of reversing reduction gear is connected with countershaft of transfer case. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities by provision of possibility of forward and backward running, both along railway track and motor road at all gears in gearbox. 6 cl, 4 dwg