Patent · US Expired

Drive arrangement for connecting a vehicle output shaft to a vehicle axle

US4883142A · kind A · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventor

Siegfried Rispeter · Besigheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 1988
Grant date	Nov 28, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 9, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T74/19991
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a drive arrangement for a motor vehicle, with an engine, a clutch, a change-speed transmission and an axle drive, the drive connection from the transmission output shaft to the axle drive shafts driving the vehicle wheels is constructed U-shaped. The clutch housing flangedly connected to the engine housing protrudes into the U-shaped intermediate space.

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