Four-wheel vehicle drive system

Motor vehicles – Having four wheels driven – With differential means for driving two wheel sets at...

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74694, 180250, 180297, B60K 1704

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044415753

ABSTRACT:
A four-wheel drive system for a vehicle, comprising a power unit having an output shaft in a lateral direction of the vehicle, a power transmission gear unit including transmission input and output shafts each having an axis of rotation parallel with an extension of the axis of rotation of the output shaft of the power unit; an intermediate drive gear parallel with the axes of rotation of the transmission input and output shafts, the transmission output shaft being held in driving engagement with the intermediate drive gear, a first wheel drive unit comprising differential-action power splitting means operative to split driving power from the drive gear into two power components and a differential gear assembly operative to transmit one of the two power components to a first pair of road wheels, a second wheel drive unit comprising right-angle power transfer gear means engaging the differential-action power splitting means and operative to transmit therethrough the other of the two driving power components in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and a driveline intervening between the right-angle power transfer gear means and a second pair of road wheels and driven by the driving power component transmitted through the right-angle power transfer gear means.

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