Nissan Motor Company Limited

Hitoshi Kokubun

Masaru Saotome

Fumitaka Saigo

Saburo Yamasaki

Kazumi Nakamura

In a mounting, arrangement for an internal combustion engine with at least one row of cylinders arranged in a longitudinal direction of a four-wheel drive or a front-wheel drive automotive vehicle, which employs a front-wheel drive shaft and a front differential connected to the front-wheel drive shaft, the front-wheel drive shaft and the front differential are both arranged at the side of the engine in the vicinity of the front end of the engine block, and engine mounts for mounting the engine, are arranged rearwardly of the front-wheel drive shaft, so as to assure a shorter entire length and a shorter entire width of the power plant and to provide an optimal car weight balance between front and rear wheels.

Mounting arrangement for automotive engine with longitudinally arranged

A structure of a vehicle includes a cross member which constitutes a part of a vehicle body. A rear suspension unit mounted on the cross member has two front and two rear suspension-supporting insulators and a transverse leaf spring. A spring support member for supporting the transverse leaf spring is secured to the vehicle body and positioned below the cross member. Two rear suspension-supporting bolts have upper end portions secured to the cross member, lower end portions secured to the spring support member, and middle portions secured to the rear suspension-supporting insulators of the rear suspension unit.

Structure for mounting suspension unit on vehicle body

A pair of upstanding connecting rods connected to the free ends of a U-shaped stabilizer bar are axially movably supported on respective vehicle body brackets or suspension members. A locking mechanism is provided to prevent axial movement of the connecting rods relative to the vehicle body brackets or suspension members when to make the stabilizer bar effective. A selection mechanism is mechanically connected to the locking mechanism to actuate the same to selectively prevent and allow the above mentioned axial movement of the connecting rods.

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Kanagawa Pref., Japan

Hitoshi Kokubun