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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Qinetiq Limited, Farnborough, GB;
Inventor:
Robert John Bonner Flaxman, Guildford, GB;
Assignee:
QINETIQ LIMITED, Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 11/04 (2006.01); F16H 48/36 (2012.01); B62D 55/08 (2006.01); B62D 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 11/04 (2013.01); B62D 11/14 (2013.01); B62D 55/08 (2013.01); F16H 48/36 (2013.01); F16H 2048/364 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments are directed to a controlled differential adapted to couple two shafts and steer input, such as those provided in a drive configuration for a skid steered vehicle, the controlled differential including a pair of planet carriers arranged to turn with respective shafts; a pair of ring gears interconnected by a cross-shaft such that the ring gears rotate in common; planet gears and a pair of sun gears, the sun gears being coupled to at least one steer motor to enable rotation of the sun gears in mutually opposite senses upon input from the steer motor.