Vehicles with plural axles and means to provide maximum tractive effort for each axle at the same speed

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE; A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL SPACED DRIVING AXLE MEANS EACH HAVING TRACTION MEANS SUBJECTED TO DIFFERENT NORMAL TRACTIVE TORQUE LIMITS WHILE PROPELLING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT SLIP AT THE SAME SPEED; A PRIME MOVER MEANS INCLUDING A DRIVING MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF DRIVE TRAIN MEANS CORRESPONDING TO SAID TRACTION MEANS, SAID DRIVING MEMBER BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO DRIVE EACH OF SAID DRIVE TRAIN MEANS FOR DRIVING THE CORRESPONDING TRACTION MEANS, EACH SAID DRIVE TRAIN MEANS INCLUDING INFINITELY VARYING TORQUE MULTIPLYING AND APPORTIONING MEANS HAVING A RELATION WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF THE RELATION BETWEEN SAID TRACTIVE TORQUE LIMITS FOR INIFINITELY VARYING THE TORQUE MULTIPLICATION AND APPORTIONING THE TORQUE TO EACH OF SAID TRACTION MEANS IN A SUBSTANTIAL RANGE OF OPERATION IN RELATION TO THEIR NORMAL TRACTIVE TORQUE LIMITS AND TO DRIVE EACH OF SAID TRACTION MEANS AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DRIVING SPEED FOR SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE NON-SLIP VEHICLE DRIVE OF THE PLURALITY OF TRACTION MEANS IN SAID SUBSTANTIAL RANGE OF OPERATION UP TO SAID TRACTIVE TORQUE LIMITS.