Four-wheel drive arrangement for motor vehicles

Details Four-wheel drive arrangement for motor vehicles Four-wheel drive arrangement for motor vehicles

1986-02-26

1987-09-01

Love, John J.

Motor vehicles

Having four wheels driven

With differential means for driving two wheel sets at...

180 752, 180297, B60K 504, B60K 17348

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046902384

ABSTRACT:
A four-wheel drive arrangement for vehicles having a transversely mounted engine includes an angular drive arrangement which incorporates several design features to reduce undesirable movement of the arrangement and resulting noise inside the vehicle. These features include support of the angular drive gear assembly at a point other than where it is fastened to a transmission/differential combination (e.g., by a bracket fastened to the engine), formation of the clutch and differential gear housing as an integral unit, resonance decoupling of a cardan shaft arrangement driven by the angular drive gear, and design of the angular drive gear assembly housing so as to reduce the length of the output shaft and associated bearing support. Specific arrangements for supporting the angular drive gear assembly and sections of the cardan shaft arrangement are also disclosed, as are specific features of the unitary housing which contributes to the overall reduction of inside noise levels.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3089559 (1963-05-01), Rieck
patent: 3848694 (1974-11-01), Matsui
patent: 4403676 (1983-09-01), Fujii
patent: 4413701 (1983-11-01), Kumagai
patent: 4431079 (1984-02-01), Suzuki
patent: 4597467 (1986-07-01), Stockton

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