Patent ID: 8875833
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: B60K,B60Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A utility vehicle capable of switching between a two wheel drive mode for transmitting drive force to rear wheels and a four wheel drive mode for transmitting the drive force to front wheels and the rear wheels, the utility vehicle comprising: a transmission that includes an input shaft to which the drive force from an engine is inputted, a front wheel drive output shaft for transmitting the drive force of the input shaft to the front wheels, and a rear axle for transmitting the drive force of the input shaft to the rear wheels, wherein a rear wheel drive output shaft is provided in a motive power transmission route between the front wheel drive output shaft and the rear axle; a front wheel propeller shaft for driving the front wheels; and a two-wheel-four-wheel drive switching device for coupling and decoupling said front wheel drive output shaft and said front wheel propeller shaft; wherein said front wheel drive output shaft and said rear wheel drive output shaft both extend in a lateral direction with respect to a front direction of the utility vehicle, and wherein said two-wheel-four-wheel drive switching device is on a lateral side of said front wheel drive output shaft.