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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2006
Max Bachmann, Bad Waldsee, DE;
Max Bachmann, Bad Waldsee, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
This invention relates to individual wheel drives for individually suspended, spring-mounted wheels of a vehicle comprising one universal joint shaft () connecting the output shaft socket () of a drive device with the input shaft socket of a wheel, having one main section () and at least one end section () situated on one end thereof, via a universal joint (), rotatingly coupled with the associated shaft socket (), the universal joint shaft () having a permanent inclination which compensates an offset between drive device and wheel, and means being provided for reducing a permanent deviation defined by the inclination. The end section () associated with the universal joint () and the shaft socket () coupled therewith are coupled with each other via a bevel wheel pair (), the deflection angle α of which corresponding at least partly with the corresponding permanent deflection angle between universal joint shaft () and shaft socket ().