Patent ID: 6983815

Claim:
A hydrostatic transmission, comprising: a housing including at least two housing parts joined to each other through a joint surface, said housing forming a cavity, wherein an inner surface of a wall of at least one of said housing parts includes a recess formed therein; a pair of hydraulic devices disposed in said housing, each of said hydraulic devices including a cylinder block and an axial piston fitted in said cylinder block; a center section disposed in said housing, said center section including: a first surface onto which one of said hydraulic devices is fitted, said first surface being parallel to said joint surface of said housing parts, a second surface onto which the other hydraulic device is fitted, said second surface being perpendicular to said first surface, wherein said pair of hydraulic devices fitted on said respective first and second surfaces of said center section are perpendicular to each other, and a portion extending outwardly parallel to said first surface, said portion being fitted into said recess of said housing part.