Vehicle with internal-combustion engine

US4161992A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Linde GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Theodor Abels · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Bernhard Gotz · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 1977
• Grant date: Jul 24, 1979
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02B1/04
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle, especially a forklift truck, having an internal-combustion engine and a hydrostatic transmission driven thereby. The crankshaft of the engine extends parallel to the direction of travel of the vehicle, i.e., parallel to its longitudinal vertical median plane and the hydrostatic transmission has a pump connected with the crankshaft. The shaft of the pump is disposed on one side of this plane while the crankshaft of the engine is disposed on the opposite side of the median plane, the two shafts being interconnected by a belt drive.