Drive unit suitable for coupling to a wheeled body, and resulting vehicle

摘要

PCT No. PCT/FR96/01994 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 9, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 9, 1998 PCT Filed Dec. 13, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/21585 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 19, 1997A drive unit capable of being coupled to a wheeled body to form a vehicle. The drive unit includes a construction having a frame with two opposite edges parallel to the forward direction, the frame supports a driving power source and is in turn supported along said opposite edges by a pair of side walls that are respectively supported on at least one wheel-like member and define a housing for transmission connecting the driving power source to the wheel-like members, each of the side walls has two opposite surfaces perpendicular to the forward direction, and coupling/un-coupling devices provided on the surfaces for releasably engaging the wheeled body.