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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1985
Naomune Moriyama, Hiroshima, JP;
Masaya Hamamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A motor vehicle having a rotary piston engine located at a front part of the vehicle with the engine output shaft extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A speed changing transmission and a center differential gear unit are arranged in this order from the engine so that the center differential gear unit drives the rear propeller shaft and the front differential gear unit. The front differential gear unit is located beneath the engine and driven through a transfer shaft by the center differential gear unit. The front differential gear unit is mounted on the oil pan of the engine which is attached to the lower part of the engine casing.