Power transmission assembly

Claim 1

IN A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A FRONT WHEEL AXLE AND A REAR WHEEL DRIVE SHAFT: (A) A PRIME MOVER, A PRIME DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING FROM SAID PRIME MOVER, CLUTCH MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID PRIME DRIVE SHAFT TO SAID PRIME MOVER, (B) A DRIVEN SHAFT, MEANS ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY TRANSMIT POWER BETWEEN SAID PRIME DRIVE SHAFT AND SAID DRIVEN SHAFT AT DIFFERENT SPEED RANGES, (C) A FRONT AXLE DRIVE GEAR OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FRONT WHEEL AXLE, A PINION OPERATIVELY MESHED WITH SAID FRONT AXLE DRIVE GEAR, (D) A HOLLOW ELONGATED SHAFT SPACED FROM SAID DRIVEN SHAFT AND HAVING A REAR END, A REAR GEAR CASE LOCATED REARWARDLY OF SAID FRONT AXLE AND CONTAINING A MAJOR PORTION OF SAID HOLLOW SHAFT, SAID HOLLOW SHAFT REAR END EXTENDING EXTERNALLY OF SAID REAR GEAR CASE, A SET OF SHIFTABLE INTERMESHING TRANSMISSION GEARS CONTAINED IN SAID REAR GEAR CASE AND OPERATIVELY MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID DRIVEN SHAFT AND HOLLOW SHAFT FOR TRANSMITTING POWER IN SELECTED SPEEDS FROM SAID DRIVEN SHAFT TO SAID HOLLOW SHAFT, (E) A CLUTCH UNIT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID HOLLOW SHAFT REAR END EXTERNALLY OF SAID REAR GEAR CASE, SAID HOLLOW SHAFT BEING ADAPTED TO PROVIDE THE POWER INPUT TO SAID CLUTCH UNIT, AND (F) FORWARD AND REAR OUTPUT SHAFTS EXTENDING RESPECTIVELY FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY OF SAID CLUTCH UNIT, (G) SAID FORWARD OUTPUT SHAFT EXTENDING COAXIALLY WITHIN AND THROUGH SAID HOLLOW SHAFT AND REAR CASE AND TERMINATING IN OPERATIVELY COUPLED RELATION TO SAID PINION, (H) SAID REAR OUTPUT SHAFT TERMINATING IN OPERATIVELY COUPLED RELATION TO SAID REAR WHEEL DRIVE SHAFT.