Patent ID: 6510916
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B60K,F16H

Abstract:
A four-wheel vehicle for traveling on an irregular road wherein a driving force of an engine is transmitted to front or rear wheels, comprising:a torque converter operatively connected to a power transfer path extending from a crank shaft of said engine up to an input shaft of a transmission; and a center line of a rotational axis of said torque converter and a longitudinal center line of a drive shaft which transmits the driving force from said transmission to the front or rear wheels are disposed right and left in an opposed relationship to each other with respect to a longitudinal center line of a body of the vehicle, wherein said front and rear wheels are independent suspension type wheels, the driving force of the drive shaft is transmitted to the front wheels through a propeller shaft and a differential gear, and the center of said differential gear lies approximately on the center line of the body of the vehicle.