Backhoe loader
AssigneeKomatsu Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Takeshima, Yoshito Komatsu
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Abstract
A backhoe loader includes a multi-axis transmission that includes: an input shaft to which power is inputted; a front output shaft coupled to a front wheel; a rear output shaft disposed in a position higher than that of the front output shaft and coupled to a rear wheel; an intermediate shaft disposed between the input shaft and the front output shaft; a first power transmission mechanism configured to transmit power from the input shaft to the intermediate shaft; and a second power transmission mechanism configured to transmit power from the intermediate shaft to the front output shaft and to transmit power from the front output shaft to the rear output shaft.
Claims5
A backhoe loader comprising:
- a front wheel;
- a rear wheel having a diameter greater than a diameter of the front wheel;
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- a multi-axis transmission configured to transmit power to the front wheel and the rear wheel, the multi-axis transmission including:
- an input shaft to which power is inputted,
- a front output shaft coupled to the front wheel,
- a rear output shaft coupled to the rear wheel, the rear output shaft being disposed in a position higher than a position of the front output shaft,
- an intermediate shaft disposed between the input shaft and the front output shaft,
- a first power transmission mechanism configured to transmit power from the input shaft to the intermediate shaft, and
- a second power transmission mechanism configured to transmit power from the intermediate shaft to the front output shaft and to transmit power from the front output shaft to the rear output shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.