Patent ID: 9061706
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tracked vehicle including a hull and a plurality of self contained tracked drive units connected to said hull, said hull containing an electrical power plant, a driving control system, and a motor cooling system, each of said plurality of self contained tracked drive units including a frame to contain an electric motor, a drive wheel to propel a track belt, said drive wheel being powered by said electric motor, a plurality of road wheels to support said tracked vehicle, and a plurality of tensioning wheels to maintain said track belt in constant tension about said drive wheel and said road wheels, each of said self contained tracked drive units being connected to said hull by affixing devices to affix said frame to corresponding mounting devices on said hull; by an electrical cable to transmit electrical power from said power plant to said electric motor; by a coolant fluid line to convey coolant fluid from said cooling system to said electric motor, and by a control and data cable to convey electronic signals between said driving control system and said self contained tracked drive unit, said tracked vehicle being separable from each of said self contained tracked drive units by the detachment of said affixing devices from said mounting devices on said hull, the disconnection of said electrical cable from said electric motor, the disconnection of said coolant fluid line from said electric motor, and the disconnection of said control and data cable from said self contained tracked drive unit a jettisoning system for automatically dismounting said plurality of self contained tracked drive units from said tracked vehicle.