Hydrostatic transmissions
AssigneeMassey-Ferguson Services N.V.
InventorsEugenio Todeschini, Gian Piero Riganti
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Abstract
In a crawler vehicle having a rear housing or frame a splitter gearbox and double hydraulic pump for a hydrostatic transmission are mounted on the front flange of the rear housing for ease of servicing and plumbing. A single driveshaft from the engine drives the gearbox and an extra pump may be mounted on the splitter gearbox. The single driveshaft may constitute a power-take-off drive.
Claims3
A crawler vehicle having a pair of tracks for propelling said vehicle, a rear housing, a drive assembly associated with each track and connected to opposite side members of said rear housing, a hydraulic motor connected to each drive assembly and located within said rear housing, a gear box mounted on the outside of an end face of said rear housing and having a power input and at least two power outputs, a pair of pumps mounted on said gear box external thereof each respectively connected to one of said power outputs, fluid conduit means connecting each pump to a motor and drive means connecting a prime mover to said power input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.