Patent ID: 8016070

Claim:
A powertrain incorporated in a front engine rear wheel drive only vehicle, for transmitting driving force from an engine to a differential gear through a clutch and a propeller shaft provided in a rear of the clutch, comprising: a front side gear mechanism supplying an input from said clutch to said propeller shaft; a rear side gear mechanism supplying an input from said propeller shaft to said differential gear; a front side gear housing containing said front side gear mechanism and a rear side gear housing containing said rear side gear mechanism; a floor panel of the vehicle including a floor tunnel, the floor tunnel extending in a front-rear direction in a central region of the vehicle, projecting upward, and opening toward below; and an underplate attached to said floor panel and at least partially or entirely covering the opening of said floor tunnel, wherein said front side gear mechanism has an input shaft positioned in a portion of the front engine rear wheel drive only vehicle lower than an output shaft of said front side gear mechanism, said front side gear housing and said rear side gear housing are rigidly connected to each other through a structured body, said engine has an exhaust pipe extending toward the rear of the vehicle for emitting exhaust gas to outside, said propeller shaft and said structured body are positioned in a portion of the vehicle higher than said exhaust pipe, and said propeller shaft, said structured body, and said exhaust pipe are arranged in a manner accommodated in said floor tunnel.