US 6,981,566 B2
Drive assembly for a motor vehicle
Claus-Dieter Unfried, Markgroeningen (Germany); and Ulrich Huelsemann, Neuhausen (Germany)
Assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart (Germany)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/350,104.
Claims priority of application No. 102 02 956 (DE), filed on Jan. 26, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2003/0173134 A1, Sep. 18, 2003
Int. Cl. B60K 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 180—292 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive assembly for a motor vehicle including a vehicle body having a carrying structure, comprising
a constructional unit including
an internal combustion engine having a free face,
a clutch, and
a transmission having a free end;
a first bearing disposed in a longitudinal center plane of the vehicle on the free face of the internal combustion engine, the first bearing engaging a first bearing receiving device of the carrying structure; and
a second bearing and a third bearing mounted outside the longitudinal center plane at the free end of the transmission, the second bearing and third bearing being held in second and third bearing receiving devices of the carrying structure in position, wherein the carrying structure includes an enveloping device made of a high-strength material, the enveloping device at least partially surrounding the drive assembly and including the first, second and third bearing receiving devices, and wherein the high-strength material includes a glass-fiber-reinforced plastic material.