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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2000
Jean-Pierre Dudemaine, Les Echets, FR;
Renault Vehicules Industriels, Lyons, FR;
Abstract
An assembly for a power plant for a motor vehicle which includes longitudinally, from front to rear, a thermal engine and a transmission wherein the rear side of a longitudinal block of the thermal engine is rigidly connected to the front side of a housing of the transmission, especially a housing for a flywheel, that includes, to the right of a plane of attachment of an oil pan beneath the block of the engine, two horizontal right angle members, facing one another transversely, each one including a longitudinal front first arm secured rigidly to the engine block, and a second transverse rear arm secured rigidly to the housing in order to strengthen the assembly of the engine and of the transmission. The assembly includes a separation piece which is inserted vertically between the engine block and the oil pan, and on which the first forward arms of the two right angles are rigidly attached.