Patent ID: 7753148

Claim:
In a vehicle having an undercarriage and a transmission with a side mounted power take off (PTO) provision, an undercarriage combination comprising: a power take off (PTO) unit operatively mounted to the PTO provision and extending from the transmission beneath the under carriage; a gear box integrally mounted to and suspended from the power take off unit beneath the undercarriage; and an air compressor unit integrally mounted to and suspended from the gear box beneath the undercarriage, the PTO unit including a housing and a rotating output drive shaft, the compressor unit includes a housing and an input drive shaft, the gear box includes a housing integrally connecting the PTO housing and compressor housing, the gear box also includes a gear set disposed within the gearbox housing and operably connecting the PTO output drive shaft and the compressor input drive shaft for transmitting the rotational movement from the PTO output drive shaft to the compressor input drive shaft at a specified ratio of revolutions per minute.