Patent ID: 7854674

Claim:
A drive system for individually driving two driven wheels of a driven wheel pair of a vehicle, the drive system comprises two continuously variable drive motors ( 2 , 6 ) each of which is drivingly connected with a driven wheel ( 4 , 8 ) via a respective transmission arrangement, which comprises a shift transmission ( 10 , 40 ) and a bevel gear transmission ( 54 , 64 ; 70 , 72 ), the bevel gear transmission ( 54 , 64 ; 70 , 72 ) has a fixed transmission ratio and includes a spur gearset and a bevel gearset, an output shaft ( 22 , 49 ) of the at least one shift transmission ( 10 , 40 ) and a drive input shaft ( 14 ) of the drive motor ( 2 , 6 ), which is associated with the at least one shift transmission ( 10 , 40 ), are inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle and a horizontal plane.