JPH02158421A - Vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ameliorate the center of gravity in a car body as well as to make improvements in travel stability by installing a transmission at the body front side of an engine, while setting up a driver's seat in a central area in the body longitudinal direction at an upper area of the transmission. CONSTITUTION:An engine 2 is set up endwise in the rear of a central part in a body frame 1 and mounted thereon, while a transmission 3 is installed at the body front side of the engine 2. In addition, a transfer 4 is installed at the body front side of the transmission 3, while a driver's seat 9 is installed a right above area over these elements. Moreover, a steering wheel 12 is installed in a front area of the driver's seat 9, while these elements are set up in the central part in the body longitudinal direction respectively. With this constitution, the center of gravity of a car body is set up in a central bottom part of the car body, whereby any drop in travel stability due to height and deviation of the center of gravity is ameliorated in this way.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a vehicle, and specifically relates to the layout of an engine, transmission, driver's seat, and steering wheel.

[Conventional technology]

One of the vehicle layouts is called the cabover type. In this vehicle, the engine is placed at the very front of the vehicle body, and the transmission, propeller shaft, and differential are placed sequentially from the engine to the rear, and the driver's cab is provided above the engine.

Additionally, there is another layout called a bonnet type. The layout of the engine, transmission, etc. is the same as the cab-over type,
The driver's cab is located behind the engine.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above-mentioned cab-over type vehicle, since the driver's riding position is high, the center of gravity of the vehicle becomes high during driving, resulting in a disadvantage that driving stability is reduced.

On the other hand, in a bonnet type vehicle, the driver rides behind the engine, so the center of gravity is at a low position during driving. However, in bonnet type vehicles,
Because the steering mechanism must be installed to avoid the engine located in front of the driver's cab, the steering wheel and driver's seat are separated from the left-right center axis of the vehicle, which causes the center of gravity of the vehicle to change when the driver is in the vehicle. This has the disadvantage of reducing the running stability of the vehicle.

The reduction in running stability caused by the height or deviation of the center of gravity described above has been a major problem, particularly in vehicles that drive on rough terrain.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle with good running stability.

[Means to solve the problem]

Therefore, in the present invention, the transmission is disposed in front of the engine, the driver's seat is disposed above the transmission, and the steering handle and the driver's seat are disposed in the center area in the left-right direction of the vehicle. The above objective was achieved by establishing the following.

[Function] According to the above configuration, the position of the driver's seat can be lowered compared to a gear-over type vehicle, and the center of gravity will not shift in the left-right direction even when the driver gets on the vehicle.

[Example] Hereinafter, a specific configuration of the present invention will be described in detail based on drawings showing one example.

1 and 2 show an example in which the present invention is applied to a four-wheel drive vehicle for traveling on rough terrain, and the figures show the state of the chassis.

An engine 2 is installed vertically in the center of the vehicle body frame 1, slightly toward the rear (to the left in the figure), that is, with the axis of the crankshaft running along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. A transmission 3 is disposed on the right side in the figure. Further, a transfer 4 is disposed on the front side of the vehicle body of the transmission 3, and this transfer 4 is connected to the front wheels FL and F via a front propeller shaft 5 and a front differential 6.
In addition, it is linked to the rear wheels RL and RR via a rear propeller shaft 7 and a rear differential 8.

A driver's seat 9 is disposed directly above the transmission 3 and transfer 4.

This driver's seat 9 is fixedly installed on a cross member 10.11 that constitutes the vehicle body frame 1, and furthermore, the driver's seat 9 is installed approximately in the center of the vehicle body frame 1, in other words, in the left-right direction of the vehicle body. There is.

A steering handle 12 is provided in the front area of the driver's seat 9. Like the driver's seat 9, this steering handle 12 is also arranged approximately at the center in the left-right direction of the vehicle body, and is linked to a steering gear box (not shown) via a steering shaft 13.

An operation box 14 equipped with a shift lever, etc. is provided on the right side of the driver's seat 9 (lower in the figure), while a fuel tank 15 is provided on the bottom of the vehicle body frame 1 in the area to the left of the driver's seat. is provided. Further, reference numeral 16 is an air cleaner, 17 is a muffler, 18 is a battery, 19 is a radiator, and 20 is a roll bar 21 is a container.

Here, as is clear from FIG. 2, the transmission 3 and the transfer 4 have smaller external dimensions than the engine 2, and therefore the driver's seat is placed directly above the transmission 3 and the transfer 4. 9 is provided at a lower position than when the seat is provided directly above the engine 2.

Now, when a driver is seated in the driver's seat 9 to drive the vehicle, the driver, who occupies a large proportion of the total number of seats in the vehicle, will occupy a position approximately in the center of the vehicle body and at a low position.

In addition, in the vehicle of this example, the engine 2 is arranged behind the driver's seat, and accordingly, only the steering mechanism, radiator 19, etc. are housed in the bonnet, so the height of the bonnet is can be lowered, thereby widening the front and downward viewing angle. Furthermore, it goes without saying that the present invention is not only applicable to vehicles for traveling on rough terrain, but can also be applied to various types of vehicles.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the vehicle according to the present invention, the transmission is provided in front of the engine, and the driver's seat is provided in the area above the transmission, so the position of the driver's seat is lower than in a cab-over type vehicle. This lowers the center of gravity while driving, improving driving stability. In addition, since the driver's seat and steering wheel are located in the center area of the vehicle in the left-right direction, even when the driver gets on the vehicle, the center of gravity of the vehicle is prevented from shifting in the left-right direction, thereby improving driving stability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIGS. 1 and 2 are an overall plan view and an overall side view showing a vehicle according to the present invention in a chassis state. 1... Body frame, 2... Engine, 3... Transmission, 4... Transfer, 9...
Driver's seat, 12... Steering handle, 13... Steering shaft.

Claims (1)

[Claims] The transmission is disposed in front of the engine, the driver's seat is disposed above the transmission, and the steering handle and the driver's seat are disposed in the center area in the left-right direction of the vehicle. Featured vehicles.