Patent · US Expired

Front wheel drive for motor vehicles

US5234073A · kind A · utility

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8References

17Claims

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Assignee

LUK Lamellen Und Kupplungsbau · US

Inventors

Oswald Friedmann · Lichtenau, DE
Norbert Indlekofer · Bühl, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 15, 1991
Grant date	Aug 10, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H37/022
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A front wheel drive for use in motor vehicles has an engine which extends transversely of the direction of forward movement of the vehicle. The output element of the engine drives the input component of a continuously variable chain or belt transmission with adjustable sheaves which drives a differential with two coaxial output components serving to drive the front wheels. The axis of rotation of the output element of the engine is normal to the axes of rotation of primary and secondary cones of the infinitely variable gearing, and to the axes of rotation of the output components of the differential. The axes of rotation of the output components are parallel to axes of rotation of the primary and secondary cones.

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