Constant four wheel drive vehicle transaxle

Patent · Tue Apr 15 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5636676

Weismann, P H; Cameron, D

A dual differential four-wheel drive assembly is described adapted for a two-wheel drive front transaxle vehicle having an internal combustion engine with a transverse oriented crankshaft for driving the 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 drive shaft having front wheel mounting means on its outboard end. The dual differential assembly consists of: 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, the casings supported in laterally spaced alignment for rotation about the transverse axis, each first and second differential casing enclosing inboard and outboard side gears in meshing relation with planetary pinion gears, each casing having opposed inboard and outboard axial extensions thereon.

• Assignee: Chrysler Corp., Highland Park, MI
• Patent Number(s): US 4582160
• OSTI ID: 5636676
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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