Patent ID: 7815000
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: B62D,E02F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A welded transmission assembly for a track driven vehicle comprising a transmission housing having a pair of spaced apart side walls, a bottom wall joining said side walls, first and second track frames welded to exterior sides of the respective side walls, each of said side walls having an uprightly extending motor mounting flange adjacent one end thereof, a separate reinforcing plate welded to an interior side of each of the motor mounting flanges of the side walls, a welded gusset brace extending from an exterior side of each of the motor mounting flanges to the respective track frame, and a brace plate welded on the exterior side of each of the side walls adjacent the gusset braces and each brace plate having a portion at least partially extending along the respective motor mounting flanges.