Patent ID: 9505437
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B60K,B62D

Claim Text:
1. A subframe assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a multipart substantially horizontal subframe having two longitudinal members in spaced-apart relationship, and two cross members disposed in spaced-apart relationship and connecting the longitudinal members; a transfer case supported on the subframe between the longitudinal and cross members, said transfer case having an input shaft in driving relation to two output shafts, and a bearing element which extends in axis-parallel relation to the input shaft and which is shifted in a direction of one of the longitudinal members and projects from the transfer case, wherein a first one of the cross members is crossed by a portion of the transfer case at a crossing section and has two shell parts connected to one another at least at one area, the shell parts both extending in a longitudinal direction of the one cross member and are spaced from one another in a transverse direction of the one cross member, each said shell part having a bracket extending vertically upwardly from the shell part, with the bracket of one of the shell parts and the bracket of the other one of the shell parts jointly forming a bearing mount for the bearing element.