Hydrostatic Stepless Transmission

Abstract

A hydrostatic stepless transmission comprises a variable displacement hydraulic pump and a hydraulic servomechanism. The hydraulic servomechanism includes a cylinder chamber, a piston, a slidable member, a pair of pressure reception chambers, and positioning means. The piston is slidably fitted in the cylinder chamber. The slidable member is disposed in the piston so as to constitute a swash plate angle control valve for the hydraulic pump. The pair of pressure reception chambers are formed in the cylinder chamber on the opposite sides of the piston in the slide direction of the piston. By changing a position of the slidable member relative to the piston, one of the opposite pressure reception chambers is supplied with pressure fluid so as to slide the piston and to tilt a movable swash plate of the hydraulic pump connected to the piston, thereby changing a displacement of the hydraulic pump. The positioning means is disposed in at least one of the pressure reception chambers. The positioning means locates the piston at a neutral position for stopping pressure fluid supply to the pressure reception chamber hydraulic servomechanism, in correspondence to the slidable member located at a position corresponding to a neutral position of a movable swash plate of the hydraulic pump when an engine for driving another hydraulic pump for supplying pressure fluid into the pressure reception chambers is stationary.

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