A drive train (10, fig 1), for a tracked vehicle, comprises a transmission (11) having a transmission output shaft (13) which is selectively engaged with a least one final drive assembly (12) via a final drive input shaft 17. A rotatable location shaft 26 is mounted for axial movement within a bore in the final drive assembly and may be rotatably coupled with the input shaft 17 by a latching mechanism 24. If splines on the shafts (13), 17 are misaligned then manual rotation of the location shaft 26 imparts, via the latching mechanism 24, rotation of the input shaft 17 such that the splines are aligned correctly. The latching mechanism 24 comprises an engagement member 33 which engages latching members 43, a bearing 34, a sleeve 35 and a spring 42. Spring 42 compresses until members 33 and 43 connect and the bearing 34 abuts first shoulder 40.
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Drive train
2016-03-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
| IPC: | F16H Getriebe , GEARING / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / F16D COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION , Nicht schaltbare Kupplungen |