Motor vehicles – Power – On lower running gear
Patent
1988-03-23
1989-04-18
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
Power
On lower running gear
180292, 180297, 180 734, 280696, 280697, 280701, 123195R, 123195AC, 123196R, 123472, 123 52M, B60K 504
Patent
active
048218260
ABSTRACT:
Components in or for self-powered vehicles, including in particular an integrated power unit in which a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine and a transmission system are formed as a compact, single structural item in which the engine cylinders and the principal rotary members of the transmission are all located to one side of a plane which lies normal to the cylinder axes and includes the engine crankshaft axis. Compactness and simplicity are further promoted by designing the casing structure of the power unit to include an indivisible main component which encases parts of both the engine and the transmission system. The invention also includes features combined with and/or related to such a power unit, including a specific design for the transmission system, an arrangement of the induction system for the engine, installation arrangements for the power unit within vehicles, and related vehicle suspension systems.
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Finlay Tamara L.
Mitchell David M.
National Research Development Corporation
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