Patent ID: 6516686
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: B60K,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A motive-power transmission device for a vehicle, the vehicle including a torque converter having a pump which rotates as a unit with an engine crankshaft, a gearbox wherein one of a plurality of gear trains is selectable and put into operation, and a clutch for cutting off the transmission of motive power between an input shaft of the gearbox and a turbine of the torque converter, said motive-power transmission device comprising:said crankshaft and said input shaft are journaled freely rotatably in a crankcase of the engine, axes of said crankshaft and said input shaft being parallel to each other; said torque converter is mounted on one end portion of said crankshaft; and said clutch is separated in an axial direction of said crankshaft from said torque converter and is mounted on one end portion of said input shaft such that part of said clutch overlaps said torque converter as seen in the axial direction of said crankshaft.