摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a breather structure of a drive device of shaft drive type capable of constructing its gear case in a smaller size as a whole and assuring an excellent outside appearance. <P>SOLUTION: The drive device of shaft drive type is configured so that one end of a driving shaft is coupled through a universal joint with the output end of an engine mounted on a vehicle body, vehicle wheels are coupled with the other end of this driving shaft through gears etc., and that the output of the engine is transmitted to the wheels 25 through the driving shaft, and further a breather mechanism 101 to conduct the respiratory action inside the gear case 81 is installed at the gear case 81 to accommodate the gears etc., wherein an atmosphere opening 103 for the breather mechanism 101 is opened in a place over in the up-and-down direction of the vehicle and inside across the vehicle width. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT</p> |