Part time on-demand four-wheel drive vehicle transaxle with viscous clutch
A dual differential part time on-demand four-wheel drive assembly adapted for a two-wheel drive front transaxle is described having an internal combustion engine with a transverse oriented crankshaft for driving a vehicle with front and rear pairs of road wheels, a transmission gear unit for the transaxle including transverse input and output shafts, and right and left laterally extending front axle drive shafts. Each of the drive shaft has front wheel mounting means on its outboard end mounting the front pair of road wheels, the dual differential assembly comprising; housing means having a laterally extending passage therethrough aligned on a transverse axis, the housing means having first and second differential casings for associated first and second bevel gear differentials.
- Assignee:
- Chrysler Corp., Highland Park, MI
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4601359
- OSTI ID:
- 5343513
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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330602* -- Vehicle Design Factors-- Engine-Transmission Matching
ALIGNMENT
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
FRICTION
GEARS
HEAT ENGINES
HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICES
HYDRAULIC FLUIDS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MACHINE PARTS
MECHANICAL TRANSMISSIONS
MOTION
OPERATION
ORIENTATION
ROADS
ROTATION
SHAFTS
SPACE DEPENDENCE
TORQUE
VEHICLES
VISCOSITY
WHEELS
WORKING FLUIDS