Rear axle for a four-wheel drive vehicle

Abstract

Abstract 1. A motor vehicle rear axle stay comprising : a main casing (1) receiving a differential mechanism (2) comprising an input member (3, 4) driven by a longitudinal transmission shaft (5) ; two coaxial output members (6, 7) connected to two transverse transmission shafts (5a, 17) ; and coupling means so controlled as to render the rear wheels simultaneously free or simultaneously driving, characterized in that one (6) of the output members always being coupled to the first (5a) of the two transmission shafts, the other member (7) is coupled to a shaft end (5b) which extends through a portion of the main casing and one end of which dispoed outside the latter is adapted to be coupled to the second transmission shaft (17) via coupling means received in an auxiliary casing (22) attached to the main casing (1).

Inventors

• 👤 Armand Froumajou

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