Power train arrangement structure for vehicles
US5915494A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 7, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60K17/04
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A power train arrangement structure for a vehicle, in which an engine and a transaxle for transmitting the drive power outputted from the engine to the axles of front wheels are so arranged in an engine room at the front side of a vehicle body as to have their individual axes in the widthwise direction of the vehicle and in which lower arms for holding the front wheels are supported at two portions in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. This arrangement structure is characterized in that the foremost end positions of the engine and the transaxle, as taken in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, are generally aligned with the foremost end positions of the lower arms, as taken in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and in that the rearmost end positions of the rigid portions of the engine and the transaxle, as taken in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, are generally aligned with the rearmost end positions of the lower arms, as taken in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Thus, the engine room can be shortened while sufficiently retaining the crush stroke of an FF car.
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