GB457148A - Improvements in and connected with motor vehicle gearing - Google Patents

Abstract

457,148. Motor vehicles. DAIMLER - BENZ AKT. - GES., Untert³rkheim, Stuttgart, Germany. Dec. 31, 1935, No. 36081. Convention date, April 15. [Classes 79 (ii), 79 (iii), and 79 (iv)] Motor vehicle gearing comprises a driving shaft m disposed beneath the road wheel centres and axle shafts 11, l<2>, and change - speed gearing arranged parallel to the axle shafts and so as to bridge the difference in level between the driving shaft and the axleshafts. In the construction shown, the driving shaft m drives the first shaft p of the change - speed gear through bevel-gearing m<2>, m<3>. The second shaft q of the changespeed gear is between the first shaft p and the axle-shafts l<1>, l<2> and drives the latter through spur gears rl, r<2> and universal joints o<1>, o<2>. A differential gear may be provided in the wheel r<2>. The gears are housed in a gear-box g divided by partitions into three compartments, the outer compartments enclosing the gear-changing wheels p<1>, p<2>. A reverse gear is provided if desired. The gear-box g is mounted, preferably through rubber sleeves, on transverse frame members a<3>, a<4>. The invention is shown in Fig. 3 in connection with the axle-structure and frame forming the subject of Specification 457,147, the gear-box being behind the rear seat n. Relative lateral movement of the gear-box and the axle-structure c‹ is prevented by the engagement of rubber rollers k<2> on the axle with a vertical arcuate rib i formed on the gear-box. The frame longitudinals a<2> pass between the driving shaft m and the axle-shafts.