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Axle driving unit including a free-standing center section

US6983815B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 18, 2004
Grant dateJan 10, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 18, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/2186
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An axle driving unit having a housing including at least two housing parts joined to each other through a joint surface, at least one of the housing parts including a recess formed in a wall thereof. The axle driving unit further includes a pair of hydraulic devices mounted perpendicular to each other on corresponding mounting surfaces of a center section. The center section further includes a portion extending outwardly parallel to the joint surface, the portion being fitted into the recess of the housing part.

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