Patent ID: 9656703
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60W,B60Y,B62D

Claim:
1. An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), the ATV being equippable with a plurality of ground-engaging wheels or a plurality of ground-engaging track assemblies providing traction on the ground, each ground-engaging track assembly of the plurality of ground-engaging track assemblies comprising: a plurality of track-contacting wheels; and an endless track disposed around the plurality of track-contacting wheels, the plurality of track-contacting wheels including a drive wheel for driving the endless track, the endless track comprising an inner side for facing the plurality of track-contacting wheels and a ground-engaging outer side for engaging the ground, the ATV comprising: a powertrain for delivering power to the ground-engaging wheels when the ATV is equipped with the ground-engaging wheels and to the drive wheels of the ground-engaging track assemblies when the ATV is equipped with the ground-engaging track assemblies, the drive wheels of the ground-engaging track assemblies being different from the ground-engaging wheels, the powertrain being operable in a wheel mode when delivering power to the ground-engaging wheels and in a track mode when delivering power to the drive wheels of the ground-engaging track assemblies; and a mode selector for selecting a particular one of the wheel mode and the track mode to cause the powertrain to operate in the particular one of the wheel mode and the track mode.