Patent ID: 6526749
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B60K,Y10T

Abstract:
An axle driving apparatus comprising:a housing; a first axle defining a longitudinal axis and having a proximal end portion rotatably mounted in said housing and a distal end portion extending outwardly from a first side of said housing; a transmission cavity formed in said housing, said transmission cavity extending substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said axle; and a hydrostatic transmission disposed within said transmission cavity and comprising a hydraulic pump having an input shaft extending from said transmission cavity, said input shaft having a rotational axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said first axle, and including a hydraulic motor having an output shaft drivingly connected to said first axle, wherein said motor output shaft is substantially perpendicular to said pump input shaft, and wherein the hydraulic pump is mounted in the transmission cavity a first distance from the longitudinal axis of the first axle, and the hydraulic motor is mounted in said transmission cavity a second distance from the longitudinal axis of the first axle, said first distance being greater than said second distance, said input shaft of said hydraulic pump being mounted a distance from the longitudinal axis of the first axle which is greater than the distance from said motor output shaft to the longitudinal axis of the first axle.