Abstract: A power train arrangement for an automotive vehicle having a front mounted internal combustion engine and a rear mounted automatic transaxle unit which are interconnected by a single one-piece propeller shaft which is in substantial axial alignment with the output shaft of the engine and the input shaft of the transaxle and which is connected to each of the shafts by a flexible coupling member.

Abstract: As the automotive market becomes more global, and manufacturers are competing in many markets around the world, the need arises for a means of adapting a left hand drive vehicle to right hand drive and visa versa with a minimum of change to existing components, while at the same time maintaining comparable pedal geometry and compliance with applicable government standards. This invention provides for the flexibility of maintaining the brake booster on the left hand side of the vehicle, although not necessarily in the same location as with a left hand drive vehicle, and communicating with the brake pedal on the right hand side through a torque rod with additional links positioned on it to transfer the motion of the brake pedal to the brake booster push rod.

Abstract: A single bolt hold-down bearing retainer device for a bearing assembly nested in a circular cavity of a cast housing. The retainer is in the form of a plate-like device having two adjacent linear edges intersecting at a radiused juncture defining an obtuse included angle. Each of the edges is formed with an upwardly angled locating tab extending in opposed relation to an associated housing wall portion. An attachment slot is provided in the retainer device intermediate the radiused juncture and a concave annular edge with the slot principal axis disposed bisecting the included angle. The free end of each tab contacting its associated opposed wall portion whereby the slot is adjustably aligned with a subjacent borehole. Upon a single bolt threadably engaging the housing borehold the bearing retainer is secured thereon against rotation while its arcuate concave edge is concentrically disposed on a sector of the thrust collar releasably securing the bearing assembly in the cavity.