Motor vehicles – Power – Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
Patent
1991-12-24
1993-07-27
Camby, Richard M.
Motor vehicles
Power
Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship
180248, 180309, 180 79, B60K 504
Patent
active
052304019
ABSTRACT:
A power train includes a transmission having transmission shafts, with axes of rotation parallel to a crankshaft of an engine. The transmission shafts extend in a transverse direction of a vehicle. A drive axle is connected to drive wheels of the vehicle , and a drive axle differential differentially drives the drive wheels through the drive axle. A center differential is provided to differentially drive the front and rear drive wheels. The drive axle has an axis of rotation placed below and parallel to the axis of rotation of the transmission shafts. The drive axle differential and center differential are disposed side by side in the transverse direction of the vehicle body on, and in alignment with, the axis of rotation of the drive axle. The drive axle differential is located closely adjacent to the transmission in the transverse direction.
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patent: 5064017 (1991-11-01), Kikuchi et al.
patent: 5078229 (1992-01-01), Kikuchi et al.
patent: 5129476 (1992-07-01), Kikuchi et al.
Akutagawa Hitoshi
Hasetoh Sakumi
Hirose Ichiro
Kameda Osamu
Okita Junichi
Camby Richard M.
Mazda Motor Corporation
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