Patent ID: 9453519
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: B60Y,F15B,F16H

Claim Text:
1. A transaxle comprising: a transaxle casing; a hydrostatic transmission disposed in the transaxle casing; and an axle disposed in the transaxle casing and driven by the hydrostatic transmission, wherein the hydrostatic transmission includes a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor fluidly connected to each other, wherein the hydraulic pump has a pump shaft extended perpendicular to the axle, wherein the hydraulic motor is disposed between the hydraulic pump and the axle, wherein the hydraulic motor includes: a motor shaft drivingly connected to the axle; plungers reciprocally movable parallel to an axis of the motor shaft; and a fixed swash plate secured by the transaxle casing and abutting against the plungers, and wherein the motor shaft is passed through the fixed swash plate rotatably relative to the fixed swash plate so that the axis of the motor shaft is extended slantwise from an axis of the pump shaft.