Patent ID: 7017702
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A non-transverse propulsion drive arrangement for a vehicle, the non-transverse arrangement comprising: an engine; a transfer case having an input shaft coupled to an output shaft of the engine at one end of the engine, wherein the transfer case only has a single output shaft; a transmission having an input shaft coupled to the single output shaft of the transfer case; a drive shaft coupled to a single output shaft of the transmission; and a differential coupled to the single output shaft of the transmission, wherein the engine is located at a position which is laterally offset from and adjacent to a side of the transmission so as to be essentially parallel with the transmission along respective longitudinal axes thereof, wherein the input shaft and output shaft of the transfer case are both located on a same side of the transfer case corresponding to the one end of the engine, wherein each of the respective longitudinal axes of the engine and transmission are aligned with a longitudinal axis of the vehicle in a non-transverse manner, and wherein both the engine and transmission are arranged behind the axle and differential in a rear-mounted engine configuration.