Drive train arrangement for a vehicle

US8387741B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Mair · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Thomas Rosemeier · Meckenbeuren, DE
• Dietmar Gehring · Leutkirch im Allgäu, DE
• Detlef Baasch · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Lothar Beigang · Kreßbronn, DE
• Manfred Geier · Puchheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2009
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K17/35
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive train arrangement for a vehicle comprising a main transmission and a transfer box which are both housed within a transmission housing. The transfer box comprises a drive output which is connected to a rear axle differential transmission and connectable, by a torque transmission element and a connecting shaft, to a front axle differential transmission. The connecting shaft is arranged at a predetermined angle relative to the drive output shaft of the main transmission. The end of the connecting shaft, facing toward the front axle differential transmission, is actively connected to the front axle differential transmission. The front axle differential transmission is fixed to the vehicle by at least one adaptor device allowing the front axle differential transmission to be adapted to a variety of arrangement positions along the rotation axis of the connection shaft.