Patent ID: 7845453
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: B60K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A transaxle comprising: a transaxle housing incorporating a transmission for driving an axle; a power take-off support portion formed on the transaxle housing, the power take-off support portion including a shaft hole and an outer side surface formed around the shaft hole, wherein the outer side surface of the power take-off support portion is shaped to fit a power take-off casing supporting a power take-off shaft in a first direction; a shaft of the transmission projecting outward from the shaft hole; and a power take-off casing including a power take-off main casing member and a base casing member joined to each other, wherein the power take-off main casing member is assembled therein with a power take-off shaft and a power take-off transmission mechanism drivingly connected to the power take-off shaft, wherein the base casing member is interposed between the power take-off support portion and the power take-off main casing member so as to pass through the shaft projecting from the shaft hole and to drivingly connect an end of the shaft to the power take-off transmission mechanism in the power take-off main casing member, wherein the base casing member is formed with an inner side surface for fitting the outer side surface of the power take-off support portion, and with an outer side surface for fitting an inner side surface of the power take-off main casing member, and wherein the inner side surface and the outer side surface of the base casing member are shaped so that the power take-off shaft supported by the power take-off main casing member is oriented in a second direction different from the first direction when the inner side surface of the base casing member is fitted to the outer side surface of the power take-off support portion, and the outer side surface of the base casing member is fitted to the inner side surface of the power take-off main casing member.