Mid-engine vehicle with engine and driver's seat located laterally on either side of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle (US Patent 6070689)

Patent number: 6070689 Granted: 2000-06-06 Filed: 1996-10-09 Inventors: Hiromasa Tanaka (Wako, JP); Noboru Ohta (Wako, JP); Hideto Sakane (Wako, JP); Yuichi Yamazaki (Wako, JP); Masaki Kobayashi (Wako, JP); Yasuyoshi Tanaka (Wako, JP) Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)

Abstract

A driver's seat and an engine are disposed side-by-side to maximize the advantages of a mid-engine vehicle layout. A driver's seat is offset