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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
Raymond Hauser, Sullivan, IL (US);
Ronald Sporrer, Easley, SC (US);
Frederic W. Pollman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Raymond Hauser, Sullivan, IL (US);
Ronald Sporrer, Easley, SC (US);
Frederic W. Pollman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership, Sullivan, IL (US);
Abstract
A utility vehicle is disclosed within. The utility vehicle includes a frame with a front end and a rear end, a front axle secured to the frame, a pair of rear axles secured to the frame and a seat for at least two occupants positioned between the front axle and the rear axle shafts. The utility vehicle also includes a load bed positioned over the rear axle shafts, a prime mover having an output shaft, a hydraulic pump driven by the prime mover by a belt, a gear box with a gear box input shaft, a differential driving the rear axle shafts and a hydraulic motor connected to the hydraulic pump by hydraulic lines and drivingly engaged to the gear box input shaft.