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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Yoshio Izumi, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Yokotani, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An arrangement for removably attaching a drive shaft of a track belt to an output shaft of a transmission allows the drive shaft to be mounted and removed easily and rapidly with respect to the output shaft. A driving pulley of a V-belt transmission is mounted on the right end of a crankshaft of an engine. A gear box is disposed proximately on the right side of a driven pulley of the transmission. An input shaft of the gear box supports the driven pulley. An input shaft, an idle shaft, and a final shaft are disposed in the gear box. The outer periphery of the output shaft is sealed with a seal. The output shaft is formed as a hollow shaft projecting and opening to one side of the gear box. The inner surface of the hollow output shaft is splined, and one end of the drive shaft is inserted into the hollow portion of the output shaft. Further, splines formed on the outer periphery of the one end of the drive shaft are brought into engagement with the splines formed on the inner surface of the output shaft. Thus, the splined connection permits rotation of the output shaft to be transmitted to the drive shaft, while allowing the drive shaft to be easily mounted to or removed from the output shaft.