Motor vehicles – Power – Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
Patent
1998-04-17
2000-12-05
English, Peter C.
Motor vehicles
Power
Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
180297, 180233, 180374, 74665GC, 74665GE, 474 13, B60K 1704, B60K 1734
Patent
active
061553719
ABSTRACT:
A drive layout for a transmission of an offroad vehicle is disclosed. The offroad vehicle has a frame, at least two wheels supporting the frame, an internal combustion engine supported by the frame and having an output shaft arranged to drive at least one of the wheels through the transmission. The vehicle has a longitudinal centerline, the output shaft of the engine extending transverse to the centerline along a first axis. The transmission includes a main shaft driven by the output shaft and rotating about a second axis offset from the first axis and extending parallel thereto, the main shaft driving a drive shaft. The drive shaft extends parallel to the centerline and is arranged to drive at least one of the wheels. The second axis is positioned above a horizontal plane extending through the first axis.
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English Peter C.
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
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