Patent ID: 7334659
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: B60K,B60Y

Abstract:
1. A suspension structure for a transmission of a rear engine vehicle, mainly buses, where a drive engine and a gearbox are built uniaxially to form a rigid transmission unit, which has suspension brackets in front of and behind a center of gravity of the unit, with respect to a geometric axis of rotation of a main axis of the transmission unit, the suspension bracket(s) behind the center of gravity is (are) joined to the gearbox, a different two of the suspension brackets are joined to respective lower ends of two suspension bars holding the transmission unit, and at upper ends of the said suspension bars there are flexible joining members for linkage to the body of the rear engine vehicle in the vicinity of its right hand side and left hand side walls, and wherein on each side of the drive engine in front of the center of gravity there is a flexible one of said two different suspension brackets that is connected to a lower end of a respective suspension bar, which suspension bars are arranged inclined towards the center of gravity of the transmission unit and also towards the sidewalls of the body.