Abstract: The invention aims at providing a compact mounting arrangement for an automobile drive unit consisting of a combustion engine and a transmission. According to the invention, the crankshaft of the combustion engine and an auxiliary shaft driven by said crankshaft extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the cylinders of the combustion engine are subdivided into at least two rows forming an angle in relation to each other, wherein one of said cylinder rows is disposed in a horizontal or substantially horizontal manner.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for a vehicle including a drive assembly having a crankcase, and an oil sump arranged to close off the crankcase on one side. The oil sump and the crankcase have a common connecting plane. The oil sump has a first sidewall with an indent arranged to protrude into the oil sump, which indent is configured to receive a differential gear. The indent has an orifice for receiving an axle shaft projecting out of the differential gear. The orifice further has a center axis that runs through the connecting plane. The oil sump has a second wall with an orifice for an output shaft of the gear. A tunnel-like indentation is provided in the oil sump so as to connect the orifice to the indent for the differential gear. The tunnel-like indentation is configured so as to encase the output shaft relative to the oil sump.

Abstract: An accessory drive for the valves of an internal combustion engine, especially an Otto engine, especially for a motor vehicle, with at least one camshaft, which is divided into two camshaft halves. A camshaft gear wheel is provided between the two halves of the camshaft. A hydraulic camshaft adjuster is installed between the two halves of the camshaft. This adjuster is designed as a thrust bearing for each of the two halves of the camshaft, and each camshaft half has a hydraulic fluid connection extending via the associated thrust bearing to the camshaft adjuster.

Abstract: An accessory drive for the valves of an internal combustion engine, especially an Otto engine, especially for a motor vehicle, with at least one camshaft, which is divided into two camshaft halves. A camshaft gear wheel is provided between the two halves of the camshaft. A hydraulic camshaft adjuster is installed between the two halves of the camshaft. This adjuster is designed as a thrust bearing for each of the two halves of the camshaft, and each camshaft half has a hydraulic fluid connection extending via the associated thrust bearing to the camshaft adjuster.

Abstract: A control device for camshaft systems of an internal combustion engine with n banks of cylinders arranged in a V-shaped configuration. The control device has a distribution system with a first distributor gear which intermeshes with an output gear arranged on a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. The distribution system has m<n secondary distributor gears which intermesh with the first distributor gear and transmit a driving force to the n camshaft systems of the n banks of cylinders through n endless-chain drives.