Patent ID: 7162870
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: B60K,B60Y,F04B

Abstract:
1. A pump apparatus, which is driven by a prime mover having an output shaft, the pump apparatus comprising: a bell housing attached to the prime mover; a power take off unit attached to bell housing; a pump housing attached to the power take off unit, the pump housing including a first pump, a second pump and a third pump enclosed therein; a main input shaft drivingly coupled to the prime mover output shaft and extending through at least a portion of the bell housing and the pump housing, the main input shaft extending entirely through the power take off unit, where the output shaft of the prime mover and the main input shaft are substantially coaxial; and a first pump shaft driving the first pump, a second pump shaft driving the second pump, a third pump shaft driving a third pump, wherein the main input shaft is parallel to and drives the first, second and third pump shafts.