There is disclosed a kit of parts which can be installed to convert a two-wheel drive vehicle to a four-wheel drive vehicle, comprising: a live axle, including a differential housing and a differential within the housing; spring mounts; lateral and longitudinal axle constraints; and a sub-frame mountable to a chassis of the vehicle, the sub-frame having: oppositely disposed strut supports, each being for locating a respective one of the spring mounts between the sub- frame and the live axle; and a body adapted to extend laterally across the chassis to interconnect the strut supports when the sub-frame is mounted to the chassis, the body including a mounting structure, formed in a portion thereof, for mounting an engine for the vehicle, wherein a portion of the body and a said strut support are configured such that a space is defined adjacent the mounting structure for location of the differential housing relative to the engine when the sub-frame is mounted to the chassis.
Conversion of a two-wheel drive vehicle to a four-wheel drive vehicle
2018-03-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |
European Patent Office | 2018
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