Zero turn drive apparatus

Details Zero turn drive apparatus Zero turn drive apparatus

2011-03-08

2011-03-08

Kershteyn, Igor (Department: 3745)

Power plants

Pressure fluid source and motor

Having plural energy outputs

C060S486000, C060S487000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07900447

ABSTRACT:
A drive apparatus for a zero turn vehicle or similar application comprising a pair of pumps mounted in a common housing and having coaxial input shafts and an input shaft mounted in the common housing perpendicular to the two pump shafts. A pair of center sections or end caps including hydraulic porting are mounted to opposite ends of the common housing, and each center section has a hydraulic motor mounted thereon external to the common housing.

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