ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE CAR Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; cross-country vehicles. SUBSTANCE: car has body with seats for driver and passenger, engine unit consisting of engine, gearbox and interaxle differential. Car has also front and rear axle, each including final drive with differential. Interaxle differential is coupled with final drive of each axle through propeller shaft. Body of car is of single-box design. Car has also frame carrying the body. Seats of driver passenger are arranged one behind the other at right side of frame. Engine unit is arranged at left side of frame at equal from front and rear axles in direction of car center line. EFFECT: reduced cost of car, simplified design at preservation of performance characteristics. 6 cl, 4 dwg