Patent ID: 6314730
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B60K,F01B,F02B,F16D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An axle driving apparatus comprising:a housing including one side wall and another side wall;a variable displacement hydraulic pump of the axial piston type including a movable swash plate and a cylinder block in which a plurality of reciprocating pistons are housed which is disposed in said housing, wherein said movable swash plate is slantingly rotated to change the amount and direction of oil discharged from said hydraulic pump, wherein an upper surface of said movable swash plate is convex and slidable along an inner concave surface of said one side wall of said housing;an elongate hollow member disposed substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said cylinder block, disposed in said another side wall of said housing and having a length greater than the thickness of said another wall where said hollow member is disposed and extends beyond an inner surface of said another wall into said housing;a control shaft rotatably supported by said hollow member, having one end and another end extend outwardly from both end of said hollow member;a groove formed in a side surface of said movable swash plate;a swinging arm fixed to said one end of said control shaft, having an engaging portion which engages with said groove; anda control arm fixed to said another end of said control shaft, wherein a sealing member is interposed for sealing between an outer peripheral surface of said hollow member and an inner peripheral surface of an insertion bore of said another side wall of said housing.