Patent ID: 7134517

Claim:
A motorized personnel carrier comprising: a. front and rear, independently operable, variable speed, bi-directional electric motors; b. a front drive mechanism; c. means to selectively mechanically engage said front electric motor to said front drive mechanism; d. means to selectively mechanically disengage said front electric motor from said front drive mechanism; e. left front wheel; f. right front wheel; g. left universal joint operatively connected between said left front wheel and said front drive mechanism; h. right universal joint operatively connected between said right front wheel and said front drive mechanism; i. means for synchronized steering said left and right front wheels; j. a rear drive mechanism; k. left rear wheel; l. right rear wheel; m. means to connect said left rear wheel to said rear drive mechanism; and, n. means to connect said right rear wheel to said rear drive mechanism.