Patent ID: 7874399

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a brake device; a gear; a housing surrounding the brake device and the gear; first and second frames supporting the housing; an input shaft including a gear portion connected to the gear; a plurality of friction plates and an activation ring arranged to press the plurality of friction plates together, an axis of rotation of the plurality of friction plates arranged to be parallel or substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the gear, and the plurality of friction plates arranged between the gear and the activation ring; and a left constant velocity joint connected to a left wheel drive shaft, and a right constant velocity joint connected to a right wheel drive shaft; wherein the brake device is disposed between one of the first and second frames and the input shaft in a transverse direction of the vehicle in a top plan view; the brake device and the gear are both arranged between the left constant velocity joint and the right constant velocity joint in the transverse direction of the vehicle in the top plan view; the gear is a ring gear or a bevel gear.