Patent ID: 7455132
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A hydraulic axle combination comprising: a housing having a first pump chamber and a second pump chamber; a first hydrostatic pump, having a first pump shaft, rotatably mounted within said first pump chamber; a second hydrostatic pump, having a second pump shaft, rotatably mounted within said second pump chamber; an input shaft, mounted in and extending into said housing, having a gear, mounted on an intermediate portion thereof, supplying torque to an intermeshing input gear mounted on one end of each of said first and second pump shafts; a first hydraulic motor in operative interconnection with said first hydrostatic pump; a second hydraulic motor in operative interconnection with said second hydrostatic pump; and each of said first and second hydraulic motors including a respective first and second coaxial, rotatably journalled, output shaft, said first and second output shafts serving as respective first and second axle shafts.