Automobile powertrain structure including automatic transmission for transverse engine

A structure of a powertrain disposed in an engine compartment of an automotive vehicle, comprising:

• an engine placed within the engine compartment, said engine having a crankshaft directed in a transverse direction of a vehicle body;
• an automatic transmission placed within the engine compartment behind said engine, said automatic transmission having an input shaft and an output shaft which are arranged coaxially with each other and directed parallel to said crankshaft;
• a torque converter operationally coupled to said crankshaft and said input shaft;
• control valve means for applying controlled hydraulic pressure to said automatic transmission therethrough so as to shift said automatic transmission, said control valve means being placed in a space defined below a horizontal plane including a top of said automatic transmission and behind a vertical plane including an axis of rotation of said crankshaft, said control valve means comprising shift valves which are assembled as one valve body unit;
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• an oil pan disposed under said engine, an engine oil pump, having a drive shaft arranged in said transverse direction, for lubricating said engine, and a transmission oil pump for applying oil to said automatic transmission, said engine oil pump being placed within said oil pan and operationally coupled to said transmission oil pump through said drive shaft;
• wherein said transmission oil pump is placed off-axially relative to said output shaft on one side of said automatic transmission opposite to said torque converter and said transmission oil pump is assembled as one unit with said valve body unit.