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PURPOSE:To remarkably reduce the minimum turning radius of a vehicle, by associating and coupling the output shafts of a differential gear with the power input shafts of a steered wheel side, and by offsetting the axis of the output shafts of the differential gear from the axis of the the input shafts of the steered wheel side. CONSTITUTION:The output shafts 8, 13 of a differential gear are projected from the left side of a mission casing 5 and the right side of a front wheel differential gear casing 11, respectively. In this arrangement these output shafts 8, 13 are coupled through universal coupling 27, 28 with connecting shafts 31, 32 which are in turn coupled with the input shafts 25, 22 of a reduction gear through universal coupling 33, 34. Further, the axis F1 of the axle 12 for front wheels is offset from the axis F0 of the output shaft 13 by a predetermined distance rearward of a vehicle body as seen in the lateral view, and the axis R1 of the axle 26 for rear wheels 16 is offset from the axis R0 of the output shaft 8 forward of the vehicle body by a predetermined distance as seen in the lateral view. With this arrangement the connecting shaft 32 for driving the front wheels and the connecting shaft 31 for driving the rear wheels are inclined at angles of alpha, theta, respectively as seen in the plan view.
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