Motor vehicles – Power – Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
Patent
1992-12-03
1994-08-23
Culbreth, Eric
Motor vehicles
Power
Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
180291, 475200, B60K 502
Patent
active
053399188
ABSTRACT:
An engine is disposed in a front portion of an automobile and has a crankshaft extending in a longitudinal direction of the automobile. A transmission is coupled to a rear end of the engine and a final speed reduction gear unit is disposed laterally of the engine and separate from the transmission. The output shaft of the transmission and the input shaft of the final speed reduction gear unit are interconnected by an intermediate transmission shaft. A steering mechanism for turning front wheels of the automobile includes a steering tie rod coupled to the front wheels and disposed downwardly of the intermediate shaft between the transmission and the final speed reducer gear unit. The engine includes a cylinder having an axis inclined from the vertical in a transverse direction of the automobile, the final speed reduction gear unit being disposed on the side of the engine away from which the axis of the cylinder is inclined. The transmission includes an input shaft disposed coaxially with the crankshaft for receiving drive forces from the engine, a countershaft, an output shaft, a transmission mechanism operatively coupled to and disposed between the input shaft and the countershaft, and an output gear train operatively connecting the countershaft and the output shaft and disposed in a portion of the transmission closer to the final speed reduction gear unit.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3494225 (1970-02-01), Binder et al.
patent: 4417642 (1983-11-01), Suzuki et al.
Chosa Masatoshi
Kitada Mitsuo
Nakayama Hiroshi
Ohta Shoji
Takeda Tomokazu
Culbreth Eric
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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