Hydraulic transaxle and vehicle comprising it
Abstract
A steerable hydraulic transaxle (15) comprises: a kingpin (26) relatively rotatably supported by a vehicle chassis (14); a housing (28) fixed to the kingpin (26); a single axle (35) disposed in the housing (28); a single wheel (36) fixed onto the single axle (15) out of the housing (28); and a hydraulic motor (10) disposed in the housing (28) so as to drive the single axle (15). A hydraulic transaxle comprises a transaxle casing for supporting left and right axles, a pair of hydraulic motors (10) disposed in the transaxle casing so as to drive the respective left and right axles (15), hydraulic ports provided in the transaxle casing so as to fluidly connect the pair of hydraulic motors (10) in parallel to a common hydraulic pump (5), and a system for restricting or canceling differential rotation of the pair of hydraulic motors.

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| DE10030900A1 | Cites | Germany | XA | Search report | 1,2 |
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| EP1541402B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
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| ATE391043T1 | Austria | T1 | |
| DE602004012825D1 | Germany | D1 | |
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| DE602004012825T2 | Germany | T2 | |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1541402
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1541402
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1541402
- Application
- 4029139
- Application, DOCDB
- 04029139
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20040029139
Titles3
- German
- Hydraulisches Achsgetriebe und Fahrzeug mit solchem Achsgetriebe
- English
- Hydraulic transaxle and vehicle comprising it
- French
- Essieu hydraulique et véhicule comprenant ledit essieu
Classification
- CPC, 16
- B60K7/0015
- B60K17/043
- B60K17/046
- B60K17/105
- B60K17/356
- B60K17/358
- B60K2007/0038
- B60K2007/0092
- B62D7/09
- B62D7/142
- B62D9/002
- B62D11/005
- F16H59/58
- F16H61/427
- F16H61/452
- B60W2540/18
- IPC, 10
- B60K7 00
- B60K17 00
- B60K17 04
- B60K17 06
- B60K17 10
- B60K17 356
- B62D7 09
- B62D7 14
- B62D9 00
- B62D11 00
Designated states2
- Contracting states, 1
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 1
- Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro (until 2006)