Patent ID: 7232000
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: B60K,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A beam driving/steering axle for motor vehicles, comprising a differential and two transmission lines which originate from the differential and which are each adapted for driving a drive and steering wheel, each transmission line comprising: an input shaft which is connected to the differential, an output shaft which is connected to the corresponding drive wheel, a wheel pivot having an axis which is orientated transversely to each of the input shaft and the output shaft, a double joint for torque transmission between the input shaft and the output shaft, the input and output shafts being guided directionally in space independently of the double joint, the double joint being arranged substantially perpendicularly to the pivot and comprising two elementary joints which are connected axially to each other along a double joint axis and which each have an elementary breaking center, at least one of the two elementary joints being a joint which slides freely along the double joint axis, and axially retaining mechanisms for the input shaft and output shaft along the respective axis thereof, such that each of the input and output shafts define a fixed position along their respective axis for the elementary breaking center of the corresponding elementary joint.