Patent ID: 8322240

Claim:
A hydraulic pump device for a work vehicle having a transmission case that houses a power take off shaft, the hydraulic pump device comprising: a hydraulic pump, the hydraulic pump arranged outside of the transmission case; a pump input shaft of the hydraulic pump, the pump input shaft having a projecting shaft portion projecting into the transmission case; a pump power take off unit that is removably fixed inside of the transmission case, including: a holder having a first support portion and a second support portion, the first support portion defining a first attachment hole having a first hole axis, the second support portion defining a second attachment hole having a second hole axis perpendicular to the first hole axis; a first bevel gear, the first bevel gear having a first support shaft supported by the first support portion through a first bearing, the first support shaft being transmitted power from the power take off shaft; and a second bevel gear, the second bevel gear having a second support shaft supported by the second support portion through a second bearing, the second support shaft transmitting power to the projecting shaft portion; wherein the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear mesh with each other; wherein a plurality of fasteners fix the pump power take off unit to the transmission case; wherein the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear are supported to the holder for rotation about their respective rotation axes; wherein the first bevel gear, the second bevel gear, and the holder are installed into the transmission case as an assembled unit; wherein the first bevel gear, the second bevel gear, and the holder as the assembled unit being removably fixed to the transmission case; wherein the first support portion extends across the power take off shaft, the first support portion having a proximal end portion defined adjacent the hydraulic pump with respect to the first attachment hole and a distal end portion defined remote from the hydraulic pump with respect to the first attachment hole, and the proximal end portion and the distal end portion having respective holes defined therein for the fasteners; and wherein the second support portion extends laterally from the first support portion along the power take off shaft.