Patent ID: 8342995

Claim:
A drive arrangement suitable for driving a final drive, the arrangement comprising: a first drive means; a power-splitting gear arrangement; a first hydraulic mechanism operable either as a pump or a motor; the first hydraulic mechanism being capable of being driven from the first drive means or from the final drive or both concurrently, acting through the power-splitting gear arrangement; the final drive being drivable through the power-splitting gear arrangement from the first drive means or the first hydraulic mechanism or both concurrently; the first drive means being connectable to the power-splitting gear arrangement by a clutch part of a first clutch and brake assembly, a brake part of the first clutch and brake assembly being operable selectively to lock a first shaft of the power-splitting gear arrangement; the hydraulic mechanism being connectable to the power-splitting gear arrangement by a clutch part of a second clutch and brake assembly, a brake part of the second clutch and brake assembly being selectively operable to lock a second shaft of the power-splitting gear arrangement; and the final drive being connectable to the power-splitting gear arrangement by a clutch of a third assembly.