Patent ID: 7507177

Claim:
A vehicle having an engine and at least a first pair of driving wheels and a second pair of driving wheels of which at least one pair is steerable relative to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, said vehicle comprising: a steering system for steering said steerable wheels; and a transmission arrangement for mechanically distributing tractive force from said engine to the first and second pair of driving wheels, said transmission arrangement comprising: a first mechanical transmission branch operatively connected to said first pair of driving wheels, and a second mechanical transmission branch operatively connected to said second pair of driving wheels, said first and second transmission branches rotatably connected to one another, one of said first and second transmission branches comprising at least two control units, one for each driving wheel of the operatively connected pair of driving wheels, wherein each of said control units comprises a control assembly for independently adjusting the rotational speed of a respective engine-driven driving wheel.