Power plant for automotive vehicle

Details Power plant for automotive vehicle Power plant for automotive vehicle

1991-08-13

1993-03-23

Mitchell, David M.

Motor vehicles

Power

Having specific motor-to-body-frame relationship

123195AC, B60K 504

Patent

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051956080

ABSTRACT:
A power plant for a front engine front drive type automotive vehicle. The power plant is comprised of a forward and transversely mounted engine having a cylinder block with which a transaxle is joined through a plurality of joining points with bolts. The final drive unit of the transaxle includes a differential and projects laterally from the transmission. The center axis of the differential is offset low relative to the center axis of a crankshaft of the engine. The engine is disposed to incline rearward relative to the vehicle such that the inclination of the bottom face of the cylinder block relative to a horizontal plane is larger than the inclination of a line connecting the differential center axis and the differential center axis relative to the horizontal plane, thereby rigidly supporting the final drive unit.

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"Newly Compiled Automotive Vehicle Engineering Handbook", vol. 5, pp. 1-10, FIG. 1-21.

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