Patent ID: 6454040
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B60K,B60Y,F02B,F16H

Abstract:
An all terrain vehicle comprising an engine, a front wheel and a rear wheel, the engine having a generally laterally extending crankshaft, a crankcase enclosing the crankshaft, a v-belt transmission coupled to the crankshaft, the v-belt transmission comprising a driven pulley, a drive pulley and a belt extending between the driven pulley and the drive pulley, a generally vertical wall dividing the crankcase into an auxiliary chamber and a crank chamber, the v-belt transmission positioned at least partially with the auxiliary chamber, a lubricant pump positioned within the crank chamber, a final output shaft not extending through the crank chamber, the v-belt transmission positioned vertically above and connected to the final output shaft that extends longitudinally within the auxiliary chamber of the crankcase.