Hydrostatic drive system
US4185713A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D49/0607
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A hydrostatic drive system for a four wheel drive vehicle such as a field harvesting machine which must accurately track the planting rows, includes an engine, a pump and individual hydraulic wheel motors connected to the pump and coupled to the wheels through a manually set free wheeling clutch. The motors are in series connection at each side of the vehicle, with the pairs of series connected motors on opposite sides of the vehicle in parallel connection with the pump. When the traction of a wheel on one side is reduced or lost, both wheels on that side continue to rotate at the same speed. Under these conditions, the driving wheel motor on the aforesaid side of the vehicle will provide increased torque output to compensate for the reduced driving power of the slipping wheel. For road travel between harvesting fields, the wheels on the right side of the vehicle are mechanically declutched from their respective motors, and valves are closed to close off the hydraulic lines to the right side motors which routes all of the hydraulic fluid from the pump to the motors on the left side of the vehicle, and hence the ground speed of the vehicle in two wheel drive is approximately double …
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