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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Daryl Smothers, Sullivan, IL (US);
Raymond Hauser, Sullivan, IL (US);
Daryl Smothers, Sullivan, IL (US);
Raymond Hauser, Sullivan, IL (US);
Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership, Sullivan, IL (US);
Abstract
A hydrostatic drive device comprising a hydrostatic transmission mounted in a housing and a single output shaft driven by the hydrostatic transmission and extending out of the housing. The hydrostatic transmission has a center section mounted entirely within the housing and a rotatable hydraulic pump and a rotatable hydraulic motor mounted on the center section and connected through hydraulic porting in the center section. A pump shaft extends into the housing to drive the pump block, and the longitudinal axis of the output shaft is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pump shaft.