发明名称 Transmission and engine configuration
摘要 A drive train configuration is disclosed. The drive train incorporates an engine having hydraulic pumps contained substantially inside the engine housing and with an engine shaft driving the hydraulic pumps. A porting block or center section is mounted to the engine housing to provide hydraulic communication between the hydraulic pumps located inside the engine housing and hydraulic motors located outside the engine housing. The hydraulic motor output shafts drive gears connected to axles to propel a vehicle.
申请公布号 US8925311(B1) 申请公布日期 2015.01.06
申请号 US201012843161 申请日期 2010.07.26
申请人 Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership 发明人 Bennett Michael L.
分类号 F16D31/02 主分类号 F16D31/02
代理机构 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 代理人 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
主权项 1. A modular drive train for use in a vehicle, the modular drive train comprising: a first housing; a center section engaged to an external surface of the first housing, the center section comprising a first pump running surface, a first motor running surface and internal porting fluidly connecting the first pump running surface with the first motor running surface; a first pump assembly positioned within the first housing and rotatably disposed on the first pump running surface, the first pump assembly driven by a first pump shaft; a first motor housing engaged to the center section; a first motor assembly disposed within the first motor housing and driving a first axle, the first motor assembly comprising a first hydraulic motor rotatably disposed on the first motor running surface, a first output shaft driven by the first hydraulic motor and extending from the first motor housing, and a first gear train driven by the first output shaft and drivingly engaged to the first axle, wherein the first axle is perpendicular to the first output shaft; and a first brake assembly engaged to the first motor assembly and disposed on the first motor housing, the first brake assembly comprising a first pair of brake pucks, a first brake disc engaged to and rotatable with the first output shaft and positioned between the first pair of brake pucks, and a first brake arm selectively engageable with at least one of the first pair of brake pucks and movable between a first position, in which the first pair of brake pucks are engaged to and prevent the rotation of the first brake disc, and a second position, in which the first pair of brake pucks are not engaged to the first brake disc.
地址 Sullivan IL US