COMPACT FAULT TOLERANT VARIABLE CROSS-DRIVE ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSMISSION

摘要

A transmission drive system (TDS) for a differential speed steered vehicle, in particular a track-laying vehicle (tank or armored personnel carrier), has two AC induction traction motors, each operatxvely coupled to two semi- independent coaxial traction shafts, and two AC induction steer motors coaxially mounted on a common steer axis parallel to the coaxial traction shafts. A steering gear assembly, preferably between the traction and steering motors, has a common steer input shaft operatively connected to the two AC induction steering motors. Two planetary gear sets have the two traction shafts being operatively connected with one of a two planet gear carriers, or two ring gears, respectively. The other of the planet gear carriers or the ring gears are operatively connected with each other. Two offset gears mounted to the steer input shaft and meshing with two sun gears, respectively, including a reversing idler gear interposed between one of the two offset gears and one of the two sun gears.