Vehicle for traveling on uneven ground
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Inagaki, Toshio Shimada, Yoshiaki Hori, Takashi Shichinohe
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Abstract
In a power transmission path of a vehicle for traveling on uneven ground, a torque converter is provided so that torque transmission to a propeller shaft varies smoothly. Accordingly, it is difficult for the torque transmitted to the propeller shaft to exceed a tire slip limit. This arrangement suppresses slippage during traveling on uneven ground such as a muddy, marshy, sandy, snowy, or gravel road surfaces.
Claims21
A vehicle for traveling on uneven terrain comprising:
- low-pressure balloon tires;
- and
- a power unit having an engine with a crankcase and a multistage transmission, wherein a torque converter is provided in a power transmission path extending from an engine crankshaft to a multistage transmission input shaft, said engine having a crankshaft disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle in parallel to said multistage transmission input shaft, said torque converter is disposed in front of said engine on said crankshaft, and a clutch is provided on a first end of said multistage transmission input shaft and is arranged between said torque converter and said crankcase,
- wherein said torque converter and said clutch overlap each other when viewed from a front of said power unit.
A vehicle for traveling on uneven terrain comprising:
- a plurality of low-pressure balloon tires;
- a vehicle body having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction;
- and
- a power unit having an engine with a crankcase and a multistage transmission, wherein a torque converter is provided in a power transmission path extending from an engine crankshaft to a multistage transmission input shaft, said engine crankshaft is arranged in parallel with the longitudinal direction of said vehicle body and said multistage transmission input shaft, said torque converter is disposed in front of said engine on said crankshaft, and a clutch is provided on a first end of said multistage transmission input shaft and is arranged between said torque converter and said crankcase,
- wherein said torque converter and said clutch overlap each other when viewed from a front of said power unit.
A vehicle for traveling on uneven terrain comprising:
- a plurality of low-pressure balloon tires;
- a vehicle body having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction;
- and
- a power unit having an engine with a crankcase and a multistage transmission, wherein a torque converter is provided in a power transmission path extending from an engine crankshaft to a multistage transmission input shaft, said engine crankshaft is arranged in parallel with the longitudinal direction of said vehicle body, said torque converter is disposed in front of said engine, and a clutch is provided at a first end of said multistage transmission input shaft and arranged between said torque converter and said crankcase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.