Articulated vehicle selectively driven at two axles from two power sources

US4762191A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG · DE

Inventors

• Faust Hagin · Munich, DE
• Hans Drewitz · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 1986
• Grant date: Aug 9, 1988
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S903/951
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle, more especially in the form of an articulated omnibus, has a hybrid drive system comprising an IC engine and an electric motor, whose power is transmitted not only to an axle driven by the IC engine but in addition to a further drive axle in order to extend the working life of the transmission axles.