US5218886A
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Hydrostatic transmission center section
Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions Inc
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Filing: 1991-05-24
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Granted: 1993-06-15
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Expires: 2011-05-24
Abstract
Abstract An integrated hydrostatic transaxle having a common housing for a hydrostatic transmission and a pair of oppositely-extending differentially-connected axles to have the common housing provide a common sump therefor and with a specifically-shaped center section interconnecting the pair of hydraulic displacement units constituting the hydrostatic transmission. The center section is a unitary member separate from the common housing, with the exterior thereof exposed to the common sump. The center section has passages and arcuate ports which are interconnected by certain of said passages and which are located whereby the center section may be cast to minimize any machining required to finish the center section. Such casting can result in a porous center section with possible leakage from a passage having high pressure fluid. However, such leakage is not a problem since the leakage would not be through the wall of the common housing but to the common sump within the common housing which is at atmospheric pressure because of the center section being separate from the common housing.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph E. Louis
- 👤 Alan W. Johnson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 20:12
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K17/00; B60K17/04; B60K17/10; B60K17/105; B60Y; B60Y2200/00; B60Y2200/20; B60Y2200/22; B60Y2200/223; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/21; Y10T74/2186
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
An axle assembly comprising, a housing; a hydrostatic transmission in said housing; axle shafts rotatably supported in said housing; said housing being defined by at least two separable elements of said axle assembly, wherein at least two of said elements are elements separable at a parting plane generally parallel to and containing a longitudinal axes of said axle shafts; differential gearing means supported by said housing drivingly connected between said hydrostatic transmission and said axle shafts, said hydrostatic transmission including fluid passages interconnecting hydrostatic rotatable cylinder blocks, said cylinder blocks having their axes of rotation generally normal to each other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
An axle assembly comprising, a housing; a hydrostatic transmission in said housing; axle shafts rotatably supported in said housing; said housing being defined by at least two separable elements of said axle assembly, wherein at least two of said elements are elements separable at a parting plane generally parallel to and containing a longitudinal axes of said axle shafts; differential gearing means supported by said housing drivingly connected between said hydrostatic transmission and said axle shafts, said hydrostatic transmission including fluid passages interconnecting hydrostatic rotatable cylinder blocks, said cylinder blocks having their axes of rotation generally normal to each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
An axle assembly according to claim 1 wherein said hydrostatic transmission includes at least one power transmission shaft and wherein said elements locate said power transmission shafts.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
An axle assembly according to claim 1 wherein a gear train is internally disposed within said housing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
An axle assembly according to claim 1 wherein said hydrostatic transmission has means to permit leakage of high pressure fluid from one of said fluid conduits to the interior of said housing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
An axle assembly according to claim 1 wherein said hydrostatic transmission has a center section separate from said housing and engaging each of said cylinder blocks.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
An axle assembly according to claim 1 wherein a gear reduction means operatively connects said hydrostatic transmission and said differential gearing means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
An axle assembly according to claim 1 wherein one of said rotatable cylinder blocks is a hydrostatic pump means having a pump shaft, said pump shaft having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to said parting plane generally containing the longitudinal axes of said axle shafts.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
106 words
An axle assembly comprising, a housing; a hydrostatic transmission in said housing; axle shafts and at least one shaft supported gear train rotatably supported by said housing; said housing being defined by at least two separable elements of said axle assembly, wherein at least two of said elements are elements separable on at least one parting plane wherein said parting plane contains said shaft supported gear train said parting plane parallel to a longitudinal axis of said shaft; differential gearing means supported by said housing drivingly connected between said hydrostatic transmission and said axle shafts, said hydrostatic transmission including fluid passages interconnecting hydrostatic rotatable cylinder blocks.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
106 words
An axle assembly comprising, a housing; a hydrostatic transmission in said housing; axle shafts and at least one shaft supported gear train rotatably supported by said housing; said housing being defined by at least two separable elements of said axle assembly, wherein at least two of said elements are elements separable on at least one parting plane wherein said parting plane contains said shaft supported gear train said parting plane parallel to a longitudinal axis of said shaft; differential gearing means supported by said housing drivingly connected between said hydrostatic transmission and said axle shafts, said hydrostatic transmission including fluid passages interconnecting hydrostatic rotatable cylinder blocks.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
An axle assembly according to claim 8 wherein said cylinder blocks have axes of rotation generally normal to each other.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
100 words
An axle assembly comprising, a housing; a hydrostatic transmission in said housing; axle shafts rotatably supported in said housing; said housing being defined by at least two separate elements of said axle assembly, wherein at least two of said elements are elements separable at a parting plane generally parallel to and containing the longitudinal axes of said axle shafts; differential gearing means supported by said housing drivingly connected between said hydrostatic transmission and said axle shafts; said hydrostatic transmission including fluid conducting conduits interconnecting hydrostatic rotatable cylinder blocks; said cylinder blocks having axes of rotation generally normal to each other.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
100 words
An axle assembly comprising, a housing; a hydrostatic transmission in said housing; axle shafts rotatably supported in said housing; said housing being defined by at least two separate elements of said axle assembly, wherein at least two of said elements are elements separable at a parting plane generally parallel to and containing the longitudinal axes of said axle shafts; differential gearing means supported by said housing drivingly connected between said hydrostatic transmission and said axle shafts; said hydrostatic transmission including fluid conducting conduits interconnecting hydrostatic rotatable cylinder blocks; said cylinder blocks having axes of rotation generally normal to each other.
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