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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2014
Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Oscar H. Saldierna, Morristown, TN (US);
Toshifumi Yasuda, Hyogo, JP;
Koji Iwaki, Hyogo, JP;
Katsumoto Mizukawa, Hyogo, JP;
Daisuke Murashima, Hyogo, JP;
Masaru Iida, Hyogo, JP;
Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A transaxle includes a hydrostatic transmission and an axle driven by the hydrostatic transmission. The hydrostatic transmission includes a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor fluidly connected to each other. The hydraulic pump has a pump shaft. The hydraulic motor has a motor shaft drivingly connected to the axle. The motor shaft has an axis extended slantwise from an axis of the pump shaft. The transaxle further includes a gear train for transmitting power from the motor shaft to the axle, and a gear locking system having a locking pawl. A gear of the gear train is adapted to engage with the locking pawl.