Engine half-trolley for industrial vehicles
AssigneeDana Italia S.R.L.
InventorFabrizio Panizzolo
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Abstract
An engine half-trolley (10) of simplified structure for industrial vehicles set at the side of a vehicle chassis and comprising a casing (12) from which there comes out at least one wheel hub (13) for a respective wheel (14), an input shaft (17) to said half-trolley (10) being connected to a differential (16) of the vehicle, in the said half-trolley, between the input shaft (17) and the wheel hub (13), there being provided, in succession, two bevel-gear pairs (18, 19; 21, 23) housed in an arm (15, 115) forming part of the casing (12), in which at least one bottom area of the arm (15, 115), for attachment to the wheel hub (13), has ample bevels (26).
Claims8
An engine half-trolley (10) for industrial vehicles set at a side of a vehicle chassis and comprising a casing (12) from which there comes out at least one wheel hub (13) for a respective wheel (14), an input shaft (17) to said half-trolley (10) being connected to a differential (16) of the vehicle, said half-trolley further comprising an arm (15, 115) forming part of said casing (12) wherein said arm (15, 115) has at least two bevels (26, 26′) a first bevel (26) located on at least one side of said arm (15, 115) in the area external to said input arm (17) and a second bevel (26′) located on at least one side of said arm (15, 115) between said first bevel (26) and said wheel hub (13), wherein within said arm (15, 115) forming part of said casing (12) there is set in succession, between said input shaft (17) and said wheel hub (13), a first ring bevel gear (18), which meshes with a first bevel pinion (19) set at one first end of a continuous transmission shaft (20), said transmission shaft (20) carrying, at its second end, a second bevel pinion (21), which in turn engages with a second ring bevel gear (23) fixed on a shaft (24) connected to said wheel hub (13).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.