4-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE FOR TRAVELING RUGGED GROUND

• Main Author: KOTAKE NOBUYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.06.1987
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PURPOSE:To prevent the interference of a driving system with the foot of a driver by providing a distributing device on the rear side part of an engine, connecting the rear end of the output shaft of said engine to a rear final reduction gear via a rear driving shaft, and connecting the front end of the output shaft of said distributing device to a front final reduction gear via a front driving shaft. CONSTITUTION:The captioned vehicle has two front wheels 36 and two rear wheels 50 each of which has a wide and super-low pressure tire, an engine 58 loaded near the center part of a body frame 10, a straddle type driver's seat 94 provided on the upper part of the engine 58, and a pair of right and left foot rests positioned on the lower side of the engine 58. In this structure, a distributing device 66 is fixed to the rear side part of the engine 58 so as to allow the output shaft 60 of the engine 58 to pass through it, and an output shaft 68 projects out forwardly from the lower part of the distributing device 66. And, a rear driving shaft 64 connects the rear end of the output shaft 60 to the rear final reduction gear 52 in between both the rear wheels 50, while a front driving shaft 76 passed near the lower side of the engine 58 to connect the front end of the output shaft 68 to a front final reduction gear 44 in between both the front wheels 36.