Patent ID: 7708293

Claim:
An individual wheel drive for individually suspended, spring mounted wheels of a vehicle, the individual wheel drive comprising: a universal-joint shaft connecting an output connection shaft of a drive device with an input connection shaft of a drive wheel, the universal-joint shaft having one main section and two end sections, respectively, situated on ends of the universal-joint shaft, via a universal joint and rotationally coupled with an associated connection shaft, the universal-joint shaft having a permanent inclination, compensating an offset between the drive device and the wheels and a means for reducing a permanent deflection angle, determined by an inclination, a first end section ( 4 ), associated with the universal joint ( 6 ), and the connection shaft ( 10 ) are coupled, via a bevel wheel pair ( 16 , 18 ), a deflection angle (α) of which corresponds at least partly with the permanent deflection angle between the universal-joint shaft ( 2 , 4 ) and the connection shaft ( 10 ) coupled therewith.