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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2008
Applicants:
Raymond Hauser, Sullivan, IL (US);
Lonnie E. Holder, Sullivan, IL (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Hauser, Sullivan, IL (US);
Lonnie E. Holder, Sullivan, IL (US);
Assignee:
Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership, Sullivan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/10 (2006.01); F04B 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A drive apparatus for a zero turn vehicle or similar application comprising a pair of pumps mounted in a common housing and having coaxial input shafts and an input shaft mounted in the common housing perpendicular to the two pump shafts. A pair of center sections or end caps including hydraulic porting are mounted to opposite ends of the common housing, and each center section has a hydraulic motor mounted thereon external to the common housing.