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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Kenichi Nakano, Saitama, JP;
Yoshihiro Yoshida, Saitama, JP;
Kenichi Nakano, Saitama, JP;
Yoshihiro Yoshida, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hydrostatic continuously variable transmission is configured by connecting a swash plate type plunger hydraulic pump P and a swash plate type plunger hydraulic motor via a hydraulic closed circuit. A continuous shift control is executed by variably controlling an inclined angle of the swash plate of the hydraulic motor. A valve spool movably arranged in a spool hole axially extends in a shaft that supports the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor and is configured by coupling a first spool member provided with a guide land fitted in a guide member and a second spool member provided with a central land and a left land and provided with a valve that connects and cuts off a clutch oil passage on the high pressure side and a clutch oil passage on the low pressure side according to axial movement by a coupling pin.