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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
May. 15, 2024
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Nagai, Sakai, JP;
Daisuke Nakayama, Sakai, JP;
Hironobu Nogami, Sakai, JP;
Ryo Masuda, Sakai, JP;
Keiji Takahashi, Sakai, JP;
Tatsuya Sakai, Sakai, JP;
KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A work vehicle includes a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission to output power, an electric motor to perform shifting, a linkage mechanism to link a shifting shaft of the electric motor with a trunnion shaft of the hydrostatic continuously variable transmission the linkage mechanism, including a first linkage section linked with the shifting shaft, and a second linkage section linked with the trunnion shaft, and a biasing mechanism to press and bias a second gear of the second linkage section that meshes with a first gear of the first linkage section against the first gear such that a tooth flank of the second gear abuts with a tooth flank of the first gear in a rotation direction reverse to a rotation direction of the first gear.