Patent ID: 7455130
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: B60K,B62D

Abstract:
1. A transaxle comprising: a pair of axles; a pair of hydraulic motors for driving the respective axles; a pair of hydraulic pumps fluidly connected to the respective hydraulic motors, the pair of hydraulic pumps including respective input bevel gears disposed coaxially to each other; a common housing having a pair of opposite outside portions; a pair of center sections fitted to the housing at the outside portions, wherein the hydraulic pumps are mounted on the respective center sections so as to be disposed coaxially opposite to each other within the housing; a common vertical input shaft disposed perpendicular to a coaxial rotational axis of the input bevel gears, the common input shaft having a bevel gear meshing with both the input bevel gears of the hydraulic pumps; and a charge pump disposed in the common housing and driven by the common input shaft so as to supply fluid to the pair of hydraulic pumps and the pair of hydraulic motors.