Patent ID: 7954576
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: B60K,B60Y,B62D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising wheels arranged on a front axle and at least two parallel, non-coaxial rear axles, where of the axles at least one of the rear axles is driven, an engine arranged in a vicinity of a front end of the vehicle, the engine comprising an output shaft connected to the at least one driven axle via a transmission system for transmitting driving power from the engine to the at least one driven axle, the transmission system comprising at least a multiple-speed gearbox for causing variable gear ratio between the engine and the at least one driven axle, wherein the engine and at least a part of the gearbox are arranged on opposite sides of the at least one driven axle, and are connected only via a propeller shaft, so that an engine block of the engine is separated from a gearbox housing of the gearbox, the gearbox is arranged between two of the adjacent rear axles, wherein one end of the propeller shaft is connected directly or indirectly to an input shaft of the gearbox, the input shaft is placed higher relative to the ground than a rotational axis of a driven wheel differential gearing of the at least one driven axle, and an output shaft of the gearbox is connected to the differential gearing.