Patent ID: 8443598

Claim:
A hydraulic axle combination comprising: a housing having a first pump chamber and a second pump chamber; a first hydraulic pump, having a first pump shaft, rotatably mounted within said first pump chamber; a second hydraulic pump, having a second pump shaft, rotatably mounted within said second pump chamber; an input shaft mounted in and extending into said housing; a gear mounted on an intermediate portion of the input shaft and supplying torque to an intermeshing input gear mounted on one end of each of said first and second pump shafts; a first hydraulic motor in operative interconnection with said first hydraulic pump; a second hydraulic motor in operative interconnection with said second hydraulic pump; and each of said first and second hydraulic motors including a respective first and second coaxial, rotatably journalled, output shaft, said first and second output shafts serving as respective first and second axle shafts.