Motor vehicles – Power – Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
Patent
1992-10-14
1994-10-04
Johnson, Brian L.
Motor vehicles
Power
Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
180292, B60K 504
Patent
active
053517822
ABSTRACT:
In a four-wheel drive motor vehicle in which an engine and a transmission are in parallel with each other, the transmission is arranged at the rear of the rearwardly inclined engine, and a front-wheel drive shaft is disposed under the transmission. A bevel gear of a transfer device is arranged in a space before the drive shaft and under the engine. The rear part of a drive pinion engaging with the bevel gear is connected to a propeller shaft. An exhaust pipe is connected to a rear part of the engine, and a steering shaft extending in a car width direction is disposed under the exhaust pipe. A connecting part for connecting the transfer device and the propeller shaft is located at the front of the steering shaft. Accordingly, the bevel gear is positioned appropriately when transmitting a drive power from the transfer device to the propeller shaft, and the power train is easily assembled into an engine compartment of the vehicle.
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Johnson Brian L.
Mazda Motor Corporation
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