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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Yasunobu Nakatani, Sakai, JP;
Kenji Kato, Sakai, JP;
Isamu Morimoto, Tondabayashi, JP;
Atsushi Shinkai, Ssakai, JP;
Keishiro Nishi, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A frameless type working vehicle includes an intermediate vehicle body acting as a body forming member for interconnecting a front vehicle body and a rear vehicle body . The intermediate vehicle body is formed of a case block housing a hydrostatic stepless transmission (HST) . The case block includes, formed integral with one another, a small diameter portion connected to the rear vehicle body and providing case walls for a pump P and a motor M of HST , a large diameter portion connected to the front vehicle body and having an upper edge at a higher level than an upper surface of the small diameter portion , and a transitional portion A disposed between the small diameter portion and the large diameter portion . The large diameter portion defines an accommodating space S for a main clutch that receives drive from an engine E.