Patent ID: 6352035
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: B60F

Abstract:
A driving mechanism of a track traveling vehicle capable of traveling on both a road and a track, comprising:front and rear rubber road tires supported by a chassis at a lower portion thereof; front and rear metal track wheels supported by the chassis and movable vertically relative to the chassis; hydraulic pumps and hydraulic motors; the track traveling vehicle traveling on the road when the track wheels are lifted and the front and rear road tires are forced to contact the road, and the track traveling vehicle traveling on the track when the front and rear track wheels are lowered to contact rails while the front and rear road tires are raised upwardly in the air; and the hydraulic pumps being driven by the rear road tires when they are raised upwardly in the air so as to suck and discharge hydraulic oil to the hydraulic motors, and the front or rear track wheels being driven by the hydraulic motors so that the track traveling vehicle travels on the track.