Patent ID: 7980351
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: B60K,B60Y,B62D,F16H

Abstract:
1. A hydraulic transaxle comprising: an axle casing having a port for fluidly connecting, via piping, to a pump disposed outside of the axle casing, wherein the port is provided on an outer surface of the axle casing; a pair of wheel support units steerably supporting respective left and right travel wheels, each of the wheel support units being supported onto each of opposite ends of the axle casing; a pair of hydraulic motors having respective motor shafts, the pair of hydraulic motors being disposed in the axle casing between the wheel support units on the opposite ends of the axle casing, wherein the motor shafts are extended coaxially to each other in a longitudinal direction of the axle casing to have respective distal ends which are disposed axially opposite to each other so as to be drivingly connected to the respective travel wheels through the respective wheel support units; and connection means for fluidly connecting the hydraulic motors to each other and to the port on the outer surface of the axle casing, the connection means being disposed in the axle casing.