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Hydromechanical drive assembly

US5528978A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 26, 1993
Grant dateJun 25, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H47/04
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydromechanical drive assembly having a hydrostatic axial piston motor with a housing and a swash plate and a cylindrical drum located in the housing. A transmission having a housing is located downstream of and coaxial with the axial piston motor and a planetary gear is located in the transmission. A transmission-side driven shaft extends out of each end of the drive assembly. The cylindrical drum and the driven shaft have the same axis of rotation. Spring-actuated hydraulically releasable devices are located in the housing to non-rotatably connect the cylindrical drum of the axial piston motor directly to a ring gear which is non-rotatably connected to the driven shaft.

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