Transmission arrangement for vehicle having motor shaft parallel to auxiliary shaft which drives a fluid coupling through a planetary gear reduction

摘要

A power unit for a vehicle having a transversely disposed engine and wherein the engine ouput shaft drives an auxiliary shaft which is disposed on one side of the engine output shaft and which rotates about an axis parallel to the axis of the engine output shaft. A torque converter or fluid coupling is driven from this auxiliary shaft through a planetary transmission so as to reduce the speed at which the torque converter or fluid coupling is driven relative to the auxiliary shaft.