Patent ID: 6860358
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A vehicle having a frame, a load bed mounted on the frame at the rear thereof and front and rear axles secured to the frame, comprising: an engine mounted to the flame between the front and rear axles; a mechanical gear box scoured to the frame; a differential mounted in the gear box and engaged to and driving the rear axle; a hydraulic pump mounted in a pump housing secured to the vehicle frame and having a pump input shaft engaged to the pump and extending out of the pump housing parallel to the longitudinal axis of the axle shafts; a hydraulic motor mounted in a motor housing secured to the vehicle and connected to the hydraulic pump through hoses; and a motor output shaft driven by the hydraulic motor and extending out of the motor housing parallel to the pump shaft, the motor output shaft engaged to the gear box input shaft.