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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 15, 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 vehicle that has a frame, a front axle secured to the frame near the front thereof and a pair of rear axle shafts secured to the frame near the rear thereof. The vehicle also has a seat for at least two occupants and a dashboard. The vehicle further includes a load bed positioned on the vehicle which extends toward the rear of the utility vehicle from directly proximate the seat and over the rear axle shafts, and a prime mover mounted on the vehicle between the dashboard and the rear axle shafts. Finally, the vehicle has a hydraulic pump secured to the frame and coupled to a prime mover, a hydraulic motor, a gear box with a gear box input shaft driven by a hydraulic motor output shaft, a plurality of gears driven by the gear box input shaft and a differential driven by the plurality of gears.