# US 2014/0151142 A1 · Vehicle and Method for Mounting a Drive Assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0151142 A1 - Document ID: US20140151142A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/131,662 - Filed: 2012-07-03 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-08 - Assignees: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG - Inventors: Tobias Hoppe; Achim Landgrebe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151142A1 ## CPC - B60K 5/00: Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) - B62D 21/11: with resilient means for suspension {, e.g. of wheels or engine; sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions} - F41H 7/048: {Vehicles having separate armoured compartments, e.g. modular armoured vehicles} - B62D 65/10: the sub-units or components being engines, clutches or transmissions - Y10T 29/49229: Prime mover or fluid pump making - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - F41H: ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A vehicle, in particular, a military vehicle, includes a self-supporting vehicle body (2) and a drive assembly (3) for driving the vehicle. The drive assembly (3) is connected to the vehicle body (2) via an assembly support (6, 7), the assembly support (6, 7) forming a part of the support structure of the vehicle body (2). In a method for mounting a drive assembly (3) in a vehicle (2) that has a self-supporting vehicle body (2), the drive assembly (3) is connected to the vehicle body (2) via an assembly support (6, 7) and the assembly support (6, 7) forms a part of the support structure of the vehicle body (2) in the mounted state. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-15. (canceled) ### Claim 16 A vehicle, in particular military vehicle, comprising: a self-supporting vehicle body (2); a drive assembly (3) for driving the vehicle; at least one assembly support (6, 7), wherein the drive assembly (3) is connected via the assembly support (6, 7) to the vehicle body, wherein the assembly support (6, 7) forms a part of the support structure of the vehicle body (2). ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The vehicle according to claim 16, wherein the drive assembly (3) has a first drive module (4) formed as an engine/gearbox unit and a second drive module (5) formed as a drive axle, which are connected via separate assembly supports (6, 7) with the vehicle body (2). ### Claim 18 (depends on 162) The vehicle according to claim 162, characterized in that a first one of said at least one assembly support (6) is connected to the vehicle body (2) as a mounting unit with the drive module (4) from above and a second one of said at least one assembly support (7) is connected to the vehicle body (2) as a mounting unit with the second drive module (5) from below. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The vehicle according to claim 16, wherein the at least one assembly support (6, 7) respectively has a receiving region (8, 9) for receiving the drive module (4, 5) and a reinforcement region (10, 11) integrated in the support structure of the vehicle body (2). ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The vehicle according to claim 19, wherein the reinforcement regions (10, 11) are formed by longitudinal and/or lateral supports (10.1, 11.1, 11.2) integrated in the support structure of the vehicle body (2). ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The vehicle according to claim 19, wherein the reinforcement region (10) of the first one of the at least one assembly support (6) is formed by a lateral support extending above the receiving region. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The vehicle according to claim 19, wherein the reinforcement region (11) of the second one of the at least one assembly support (7) is formed by longitudinal and/or lateral supports (11.1, 11.2) extending beneath the receiving region (9). ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The vehicle according to claim 19, wherein reinforcement regions (10, 11) of the at least one assembly support are connected in the support structure of the vehicle body (2) via force- and form-locking joints (12, 13). ### Claim 24 A method for mounting a drive assembly (3) in a vehicle having a self-supporting vehicle body (2), comprising the steps: connecting the drive assembly (3) via at least one assembly support (6, 7) with the vehicle body (2), wherein the at least one assembly support (6, 7) forms in a mounted state a part of the support structure of the vehicle body (2). ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method according to claim 24, wherein that the drive assembly (3) has a first drive module formed as an engine/gearbox unit, and a second drive module (5) formed as a driving axle, which are connected via separate assembly supports (6, 7) with the vehicle body (2). ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The method according to claim 25, wherein first, the at least one assembly supports (6, 7) are connected with the vehicle body (2) and next, the drive modules (4, 5) are connected to one another. ### Claim 27 The method according to 25, wherein one of said at least one assembly support (6) is connected to the vehicle body (2) as a premounted mounting unit with the first drive module (4) and another one of said at least one assembly supports (7) is connected to the vehicle body (2) as a premounted mounting unit with the second drive module (5). ### Claim 28 (depends on 24) The method according to claim 24, wherein one of said at least one assembly support (6) is connected from above to the vehicle body (2) and another one of said at least one assembly support (7) is connected from below to the vehicle body (2). ### Claim 29 (depends on 24) The method according to claim 24, wherein the at least one assembly support (6, 7), respectively, has a receiving region (8, 9) for receiving the drive module (4, 5) and a reinforcement region (10, 11), which is integrated in the support structure of the vehicle body (2). ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The method according to claim 29, wherein the reinforcement regions (10, 11) of the at least one assembly support are connected via force- and form-locking joints (12, 13) in the support structure of the vehicle body (2).