Patent ID: 6227995
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B60K,F16H

Abstract:
A drive system of a vehicle having an engine mounted in a longitudinal direction of said vehicle, a starting device connected to said engine, a continuously variable transmission including a primary pulley, a secondary pulley and a drive belt looped over said primary pulley and said secondary pulley and a forward and reverse changeover apparatus, comprising:an input shaft extending in a longitudinal direction of said vehicle and connecting said starting device with said forward and reverse changeover apparatus;a primary shaft of said primary pulley arranged in parallel with said input shaft on one lateral side of said input shaft;a secondary shaft of said secondary pulley arranged in parallel with said input shaft on the other lateral side of said input shaft; anda hollow drive shaft rotatably fitted over said input shaft for transmitting an output of said forward and reverse changeover apparatus to said primary shaft.