Patent ID: 7874397
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: B62M,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A breather structure for a shaft-drive-type drive device capable of transmitting an output of an engine mounted on a vehicle body to a wheel by way of a drive shaft by connecting one end of the drive shaft to an output shaft of the engine by way of a universal joint and by connecting a wheel to another end side of the drive shaft by way of gears or the like, comprising: a breather mechanism for performing a breathing operation between an inside of a gear casing for housing the gears therein and an atmosphere side; and an atmosphere opening portion of the breather mechanism formed to open upwardly in a vertical direction of a vehicle and inwardly in a lateral direction of the vehicle, wherein the atmosphere opening portion of the breather mechanism is formed to open between the gear casing and a disc brake.