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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2003
Christian Helmut Thoma, Jersey, VG;
George Duncan Mcrae Arnold, Jersey, VG;
Christian Helmut Thoma, Jersey, VG;
George Duncan McRae Arnold, Jersey, VG;
Hydro-Thoma Limited, Jersey, VG;
Abstract
An axle assembly has an internally disposed hydrostatic transmission and speed reducing gearing. An input shaft supported in the housing drives a variable-displacement hydraulic pump, the pump fluidly coupled to a fixed-displacement hydraulic motor, and the motor drivingly connected through the speed reducing gearing to an output axle shaft. The housing being formed by three housing members and joined together along a substantially planar and horizontally peripheral seam formed therebetween such that two of the housing members are to one side of the seam and join with the third housing element. Two internal chambers formed by the three housing elements where one chamber contains the hydrostatic transmission and the other chamber contains the speed reducing gearing. A connecting shaft spanning between the chambers to provide the power transmission link between the hydrostatic transmission and the speed reducing gearing.