Transversely mounted engine driven transmission

Claim 2

A transversely mounted engine driven transmission comprising a torque converter driven by the engine; a multi-speed planetary gearing arrangement coaxially aligned with and driven by said torque converter; output drive means including a first gear member coaxial with and intermediate said torque converter and said planetary gearing arrangement driven by said planetary gearing arrangement and second gear member parallel with, axially offset from and driven by said first gear member; differential gearing means having two output shafts parallel with and axially offset from said planetary gearing means and said torque converter, and an input gear driven by said second gear member of said output drive gear means; and transmission housing means for enclosing said torque converter, said planetary gearing arrangement, said output drive gear means and said differential gearing means, including a unitary structure having a mounting face adapted to be connected to the engine, a pair of parallel spaced walls having first bearing support means coaxially aligned in said spaced walls for rotatably supporting said first gears member of said output drive gear means and second bearing support means coaxially aligned in said spaced walls axially offset from said first bearing support means for rotatably supporting said second gear member of said output drive gear means, a third wall spaced from and parallel with one of said parallel spaced walls having bearing support means for rotatably supporting one of said output shafts, and third bearing support means in the one paRallel spaced wall coaxially aligned with said bearing support means in said third wall for rotatably supporting the other of said output shafts.

Claim 3

A transversely mounted engine driven transmission comprising, an engine driven torque converter; multi-speed planetary gear means coaxially aligned with and driven by said torque converter; output drive gearing means disposed between said torque converter and said planetary gear means, being driven by said planetary gear means and including a plurality of intermeshing members; differential gear means driven by said output drive gearing means and including two output shafts disposed parallel to and axially offset from said planetary gear means and said torque converter; transmission housing means for enclosing said torque converter, said planetary gear means, said output drive gearing means and said differential gear means, including a unitary housing member having a mounting face adapted to be connected with the engine, a bell shaped portion adjacent said mounting face having a first wall spaced from and parallel with said mounting face, a second wall spaced from said first wall and being parallel thereto, a third wall depending from a portion of the periphery of said bell shaped portion and being disposed parallel with said second wall, first support surfaces coaxially aligned in said first wall and said second wall, second support surfaces coaxially aligned in said first wall and said second wall and spaced from said first support surfaces and third support surfaces coaxially aligned in said second and third walls and spaced from said first and second support surfaces; first support means disposed in said first support surfaces for rotatably supporting a member of said output drive gearing means; second support means disposed in said second support surfaces for rotatably supporting another member of said output drive gearing means; and third support means disposed in said third support surfaces for rotatably supporting said output shafts.

Claim 4

A transversely mounted engine driven transmission comprising, an engine driven torque converter; multi-speed planetary gear means coaxially aligned with and driven by said torque converter; output drive gearing means disposed between said torque converter and said planetary gear means, being driven by said planetary gear means and including a plurality of intermeshing members; differential gear means driven by said output drive gearing means and including two output shafts disposed parallel to and axially offset from said planetary gear means and said torque converter; transmission housing means for enclosing said torque converter, said planetary gear means, said output drive gearing means and said differential gear means, including a unitary housing member having a mounting face adapted to be connected with the engine, a bell shaped portion adjacent said mounting face having a first wall spaced from and parallel with said mounting face, a second wall spaced from said first wall and being parallel thereto, a third wall depending from a portion of the periphery of said bell shaped portion and being disposed parallel with said second wall, first support surfaces coaxially aligned in said first wall and said second wall, second support surfaces coaxially aligned in said first wall and said second wall and spaced from said first support surfaces and third support surfaces coaxially aligned in said second and third walls and spaced from said first and second support surfaces; first support means disposed in said first support surfaces for rotatably supporting a member of said output drive gearing means; second support means disposed in said second support surfaces for rotatably supporting another member of said output drive gearing means; and third support means disposed in said third support surfaces for rotatably supporting said output shafts.