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US 2006/0131095 A1Published application
Power train assembly having an H-drive configuration
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A power train assembly having an H-drive configuration is described as having a number of transversely disposed components which transmit drive power from a transversely mounted drive power source to a transversely disposed rear wheel axle via a longitudinally disposed propeller shaft and a conventional axle-mounted differential. The H-drive configuration is ideally suited for use in low floor buses due to its longitudinally compact dimensions, and the resulting significant manufacturing and operating advantages are described. The H-drive configuration takes drive power source torque developed along a vehicle transverse axis, and after a direction changing, folded back arrangement applies the drive torque or power through a right angle gear box to the longitudinal propeller shaft for conventional coupling into the differential.
An H-drive vehicle power train for a vehicle having rear traction wheels, a central longitudinal fore and aft axis, a transverse left-right axis and a transversely disposed drive power source located rearward of said rear traction wheels, comprising:
A method of providing drive power to the rear traction wheels of a bus having a central longitudinal fore and aft axis, a transverse left-right axis and a transversely disposed drive power source located rearward of said rear traction wheels, comprising:
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