Patent ID: 8695734
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An arrangement for driving and steering a motorised vehicle, the arrangement comprising: a right hand drive arrangement configured to drive a right hand vehicle wheel at a speed which is continuously variable through a range including forward and reverse speeds; a left hand drive arrangement configured to drive a left hand vehicle wheel at a speed which is continuously variable through a range including forward and reverse speeds; a driver actuable speed control; a driver actuable steering control; a guide defining a guide path that is rotatable about an axis by means of the steering control; and a mechanical follower having a position along the guide path that can be affected by means of the speed control; wherein, when the vehicle is steered straight, vehicle speed is controllable by means of the speed control and the left hand drive arrangement is capable of driving the left hand vehicle wheel at a speed equal to the speed at which the right hand drive arrangement is capable of driving the right hand vehicle wheel; wherein movement of the steering control causes a change in the speed of one of the left and right hand vehicle wheels relative to the speed of the other.