Patent ID: 6343471
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: B60K,B60Y,F16D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An axle driving assembly comprising a housing constituted by first and second housing elements disposed adjacent one another on one side of a parting plane, and a third housing element disposed on the opposite side of said parting plane and connected to each of said first and second housing elements, said first and third housing elements together defining a first chamber in which a hydrostatic transmission is disposed and said hydrostatic transmission comprising a hydraulic pump and hydraulic motor, and said second and third housing elements together defining a second chamber in which a mechanical differential is disposed, said hydrostatic transmission and said mechanical differential being operatively connected together by speed reducing gearing disposed within said housing; and wherein one of said housing elements is provided with first and second fluid passages integral with its wall structure for fluidly coupling said hydraulic pump with said hydraulic motor.