Patent ID: 6135229
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B60K,Y10T

Abstract:
A driving force transmitting apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle comprising:a transfer connected, through a main transmission, to an engine disposed in a front side of a vehicle, and including a rear wheel output gear for transmitting a driving torque of said engine to a side of rear wheels;a propeller shaft connected to said transfer and extended in a longitudinal direction of said vehicle, said propeller shaft including an input gear provided on a front end thereof and engaged with said rear wheel output gear to constitute a set of gears, said propeller shaft further including an output gear provided on a rear end thereof; anda rear differential device connected to said propeller shaft, and having a rear differential gear meshed with said output gear of said propeller shaft;wherein the number of teeth of said input gear of said propeller shaft and the number of teeth of said output gear of said propeller shaft are set different from each other.