Patent ID: 7399250

Claim:
An allwheel drive train for a drive engine of a motor vehicle having a transmission ( 1 ) adjoining said drive engine and being installed together with the engine in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, said all wheel drive train transmitting at least a portion of the drive torque of the engine from a transmission output shaft ( 2 ) via an axially offset transmission structure to a lateral drive shaft ( 10 ), said drive train including at the output end of the transmission ( 1 ) a clutch ( 14 ) arranged axially between the transmission output shaft and a drive component ( 8 ) of the axially offset transmission structure, the clutch selectively connecting the transmission output shaft with the drive component such that a torque can be selectively transmitted between the drive component (B) and the transmission output shaft ( 2 ), the lateral drive shaft ( 10 ) extending to a front axle of the motor vehicle past the transmission ( 1 ) at a certain opening angle, the clutch ( 14 ) having a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of a components ( 51 ) of the transmission ( 1 ) which is disposed in the direction of vehicle travel at the rear of the transmission, but ahead of the clutch ( 13 ) and is larger in outer diameter than the drive component ( 8 ) which is arranged after the clutch ( 14 ) so that the transmission narrows down toward the drive component ( 8 ) and the rear end of the lateral drive shaft ( 10 ) can be arranged in close proximity to the longitudinal transmission axis.