Drive assembly
AssigneeHydro-Gear Limited Partnership
InventorMichael L. Bennett
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Abstract
A drive assembly is disclosed, with a variable speed transmission in a housing. A pair of clutch assemblies are engaged to a transmission output shaft, and engaged to and selectively driving a pair of axle shafts. A power take off includes a power take off output shaft and a clutch/brake mechanism. A first and a second output gears are driven by the transmission output shaft and disposed on a first and second jack shafts, respectively. A first intermediate gear is disposed on a third jack shaft and driven by the first output gear, and a second intermediate gear is disposed on a fourth jack shaft.
Claims21
A drive apparatus, comprising:
- a variable speed transmission disposed in a housing and having a transmission input shaft and driving a transmission output shaft;
- a first output gear driven by the transmission output shaft and disposed on a first jack shaft and a second output gear driven by the transmission output shaft and disposed on a second jack shaft;
- a first intermediate gear disposed on a third jack shaft, wherein the first intermediate gear is driven by the first output gear;
- a second intermediate gear disposed on a fourth jack shaft, wherein the second intermediate gear is driven by the second output gear;
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- a first output axle extending out of the housing and driven by the first intermediate gear and a second output axle extending out of the housing and driven by the second intermediate gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.