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US 12,617,264 B2Granted
Car provided with an internal combustion engine arranged with the drive shaft up
AssigneeFerrari S.P.A.
InventorsFabrizio Favaretto, Massimo Medda, Michele Di Sacco, Alessandro Marchetti
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Abstract
A car having: two front wheels; two rear drive wheels; an internal combustion engine which is provided with a plurality of cylinders inside which respective pistons slide and with a drive shaft connected to the pistons, and arranged longitudinally in a central or rear position; and a transmission system which connects the drive shaft of the internal combustion engine to the rear drive wheels. The internal combustion engine is oriented vertically with the drive shaft arranged higher than the cylinders.
Claims12
A car (1) comprising:
- two front wheels (2);
- two rear drive wheels (4);
- a passenger compartment (9) arranged between the front wheels (2) and the rear wheels (4);
- an internal combustion engine (5), which is arranged behind the passenger compartment (9) and is provided with a plurality of cylinders (18), where respective pistons (19) slide on an inside of the cylinders, and with a drive shaft (20) connected to the pistons (19) and oriented longitudinally parallel to a driving direction of the car (1);
- and
- a transmission system (6), which connects the drive shaft (20) of the internal combustion engine (5) to the rear drive wheels (4) and comprises a gearbox (7) provided with at least one primary shaft (66);
- wherein the internal combustion engine (5) is oriented with the drive shaft (20) arranged higher than the cylinders (18);
- wherein the gearbox (7) is longitudinally arranged behind a crankcase (17) of the internal combustion engine (5);
- and
- wherein the primary shaft (66) of the gearbox is coaxial to the drive shaft (20) of the internal combustion engine (5).
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