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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 16, 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 front axle, a pair of rear axle shafts, a seat with a minimum capacity of two occupants secured to the vehicle, an engine, having an engine output shaft, mounted between the front axle and the rear axle shafts and a least partially below the seat and a load bed. The utility vehicle also includes a hydraulic pump, driven by a pump input shaft, and a hydraulic motor, which drives a plurality of gears through a motor output shaft. The engine output shaft, the pump input shaft and the motor output shaft are generally parallel to the front axle and the rear axle shafts.