Patent ID: 6250411
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
In a motor vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, a power train comprising:an engine mounted longitudinally in the vehicle adjacent a front end thereof;a front differential disposed between the front wheels and drivably connected thereto;a rear differential disposed between the rear wheels and drivably connected thereto;a change speed transmission mounted spaced from the engine and intermediate and spaced from the front and rear differentials, the change speed transmission having a casing, an input shaft and an output shaft axially offset from the input shaft;a transfer transmission mounted on the change speed transmission and drivably connected thereto, the transfer transmission being arranged at an opposite end of the change speed transmission from the engine to receive a drive output from the output shaft of the change speed transmission, the transfer transmission including a center differential having front and rear differential output shafts axially offset from the input shaft and the output shaft of the change speed transmission;an input propshaft drivably connecting the engine to the input shaft of the change speed transmission;a front propshaft drivably connecting the front differential output shaft to the front differential; anda rear propshaft drivably connecting the rear differential output shaft to the rear differential.