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Shaft drive apparatus for motor vehicles

US4593782A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 8, 1984
Grant dateJun 10, 1986
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B2275/18
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shaft drive apparatus for transmitting power from an engine through a drive shaft to driving wheels. The shaft drive apparatus has a final output mechanism and a brake mechanism disposed adjacent to each other substantially axially centrally of an axle of the driving wheels, the drive shaft being disposed substantially on a longitudinal central axis of a vehicle body and between the final output mechanism and the brake mechanism.

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