US4891943A
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Axle driving apparatus
Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Manufacturing Co Ltd
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Filing: 1989-02-01
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Granted: 1990-01-09
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Expires: 2009-02-01
Abstract
Abstract An axle driving apparatus which houses within a casing thereof a hydraulic motor and a hydraulic pump constituting a hydro-static-transmission, provides in the wall of the lower half casing oil passages connecting the hydraulic motor and hydraulic pump, integrally forms a pump mounting surface at the horizontal wall at the lower half casing, and integrally forms a motor mounting surface at the vertical wall of the same, so that the oil passages in the vertical wall are turned vertically, thereby substituting for turning of the rotation direction by the conventional bevel gear.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideaki Okada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 15:10
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K17/00; B60K17/04; B60K17/10; B60K17/105
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
An axle driving apparatus which journals axles between an upper half casing and a lower half casing vertically divided and disposes a hydraulic pump connected in association with an engine and a hydraulic motor driven by oil pressure from said hydraulic pump and driving said axles within a casing formed by joining said upper half casing and lower half casing, characterized in that the pump mounting surface for said hydraulic pump is formed horizontally on the inner surface at the bottom of said lower half casing, the motor mounting surface for said hydraulic motor is formed on the side surface of a rising erected adjacently and perpendicularly to said pump mounting surface, and a pump shaft of said hyraulic pump is disposed vertically to said axles and a motor shaft of said hydraulic motor is disposed in parallel to said axles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
An axle driving apparatus which journals axles between an upper half casing and a lower half casing vertically divided and disposes a hydraulic pump connected in association with an engine and a hydraulic motor driven by oil pressure from said hydraulic pump and driving said axles within a casing formed by joining said upper half casing and lower half casing, characterized in that the pump mounting surface for said hydraulic pump is formed horizontally on the inner surface at the bottom of said lower half casing, the motor mounting surface for said hydraulic motor is formed on the side surface of a rising erected adjacently and perpendicularly to said pump mounting surface, and a pump shaft of said hyraulic pump is disposed vertically to said axles and a motor shaft of said hydraulic motor is disposed in parallel to said axles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
An axle driving apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that a bearing for supporting said motor shaft of said hydraulic motor is supported by a bearing cylinder, said bearing cylinder being held not-rotatably between said upper and lower half casings.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
An axle driving apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that at said bearing cylinder is held a thrust bearing abutting against the heads of pistons fitted into a cylinder block of said hydraulic motor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
An axle driving apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that two oil passages which connect pairs of crescent-shaped oil passages formed at said pump mounting surface and motor mounting surface with each other, are disposed within the bottom wall of said lower half casing and extending horizontally in parallel relationship to each other, thereby forming a closed circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
An axle driving apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that a short-circuit valve for short-circuiting said two oil passages is disposed between said two oil passages and in parallel thereto, said short-circuit valve projecting at an operating end thereof from the lateral side of the bottom wall of said lower half casing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
57 words
An axle driving apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that an operating oil suction port communicating with the interior of a transmission casing is disposed between said two oil passages and a pair of check valves for supplying operating oil toward said two oil passages are disposed at two sides of said operating oil suction port.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
An axle driving apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that between said operating oil suction port and an opening communicating with the interior of said lower half casing is formed a space interposing therein an oil filter and open at the outer surface of the bottom wall of said lower half casing.
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