Patent ID: 6860105

Claim:
A transaxie apparatus, compnsing: a housing forming a fluid sump therein, said housing being dividable into two housing parts; an axle supported by said housing; a variable displacement hydraulic pump disposed in said housing to be driven by a prime mover; a variable displacement hydraulic motor disposed in said housing to be fluidly connected to said hydraulic pump, said hydraulic motor including a cradle type moveable swash plate having an arcuate convex surface, a cylinder block, and a plurality of pistons fitted in said cylinder block and abutting against said swash plate; and a retainer disposed in said housing, said retainer having an arcuate concave surface along which said arcuate convex surface of said swasb plate is slidably guided, wherein said two housing parts are joined separably along a rotary axis of said hydraulic motor, and wherein said two housing parts cooperate to hold said retainer.