Patent ID: 8381866
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. Transmission arrangement for a vehicle comprising: a main transmission and a front-axle transmission, a rigid connecting shaft connecting the front-axle transmission to the main transmission, wherein power transmission from the main transmission to the connecting shaft is accomplished by a gearwheel of the main transmission that meshes with a gearwheel of the connecting shaft, and wherein a main axis of the connecting shaft and a center line of the main transmission are positioned relative to one another in such a way that there is a lateral offset angle and a longitudinal offset angle between the main axis of the connecting shaft and the center line of the main transmission, and a rotation angle is defined between (a) a horizontal plane that passes through an axis of the main transmission gearwheel and (b) a connecting line extending between the axis of the main transmission gearwheel and a power transmission point between the gearwheels, wherein the connecting shaft extends at least in part along a side of the main transmission and through a recess formed on a transmission-clutch bell.