Engine mounting structure for vehicles
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMamoru Sakata
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Abstract
An engine mounting structure for a vehicle of the front-engine, front-drive or rear-engine, rear-drive type, wherein an engine and a transmission are separately mounted with the output shaft of the engine and the input shaft of the transmission interconnected through a universal joint. The engine and the transmission are independently supported on the vehicle body through rubber mounts. With such an arrangement, vibrations from the engine can be effectively prevented, and the engine and the transmission can be reliably mounted on the body through supports which are respectively suitable for them.
Claims7
An engine mounting structure for a front-engine, front-drive or rear-engine, rear-drive vehicle wherein an output shaft of an engine extends substantially parallel to, and is spaced apart in the longiitudinal direction of said vehicle from, an output shaft of a transmission, said output shaft of said transmission being directly connected to a pair of driving axles which are in turn respectively connected to a pair of traction wheels, comprising:
- first and second rubber mount means for independently mounting said engine and said transmission, respectively, on the body of said vehicle;
- said engine being disposed laterally relative to the body of said vehicle;
- said transmission being disposed adjacent to said engine and separated from said engine;
- said transmission being provided with an input shaft;
- a universal joint interconnecting said output shaft of said engine and said input shaft of said transmission;
- said first rubber mount means including at most three substantially resilient rubber mounts for supporting said engine on the body of said vehicle;
- said first rubber mount means being disposed at at least front and rear ends of said engine;
- said second rubber mount means including at most three substantially rigid rubber mounts for supporting said transmission on the body of said vehicle;
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- said second rubber mount means being disposed at at least front and rear ends of said transmission.
An engine mounting structure for a front-engine, front-drive or rear-engine, rear-drive vehicle, comprising:
- an engine disposed laterally relative to the body of said vehicle;
- a transmission disposed adjacent to said engine and separated from said engine;
- rubber mount means for independently mounting said engine and said transmission on the body of said vehicle;
- said engine being provided with an output shaft;
- said transmission being provided with an input shaft;
- a universal joint interconnecting said output shaft of said engine and said input shaft of said transmission;
- said transmission being inclined with respect to the horizontal;
- said transmission being provided with an output shaft;
- a pair of driving axles connected to said output shaft of said transmission;
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- a pair of traction wheels respectively coupled to said pair of driving axles through outboard joints having substantially equal joint angles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.