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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7975786 | Electric ground working vehicle There is provided an electric ground working vehicle including a left wheel and a right wheel, at least one caster, a working apparatus, an acceleration operating element for performing acceleration instructions, a turn operating element for performing turn instruct... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7708531 | Axial piston device There is provided an axial piston device that includes a housing, a rotary shaft, a cylinder block, and a piston. The housing includes a housing body opened at a first end thereof and a plate disposed at the first end of the housing body. The rotary shaft is rotatab... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7690470 | Hydrostatic transaxle A hydrostatic transaxle comprises: a motor casing; at least one hydraulic motor disposed in the motor casing; at least one output shaft disposed in the motor casing so as to be driven by the at least one hydraulic motor; and a pair of steerable wheel support units a... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7690469 | Central differential for a working vehicle Presented herein are four-wheel drive systems incorporating a bi-directional overrunning clutch design to control the torque transmission between front and rear transaxles. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a four-wheel drive ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7673712 | Power transmission system for working vehicle A power transmission system for a working vehicle comprises: a vehicle frame; a prime mover mounted on the vehicle frame; a pair of left and right drive wheels; a pair of left and right transaxles juxtaposed on the vehicle frame, wherein each of the left and right t... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7596946 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7588112 | Bi-directional clutch and vehicle with it A bi-directional clutch to be equipped on a vehicle, which is selectively automatically clutched off for putting the vehicle into a two-wheel drive mode or clutched on for putting the vehicle into a four-wheel drive mode, in correspondence to a condition of the vehi... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7547985 | Wind turbine apparatus Conventionally, a main shaft of the wind turbine apparatus has awkward such as heaviness or difficulties of assembling, since the length of the main shaft must be long to support a generator rotor. It is requested originally to light heaviness of a wind turbine appa... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7546731 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7540349 | Transaxle apparatus for four-wheel drive vehicle A transaxle apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle, comprises: a hydraulic pump; a housing; a hydraulic motor disposed in the housing so as to be driven in response to fluid from the hydraulic pump; an axle extended outward from the housing; a drive train disposed... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7536858 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7500362 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7493998 | Automatic traction enhancement for transaxle A bi-directional overrunning clutch comprising an input gear, a pair of hubs, and a roller assembly is provided. Each hub is engaged to an end of one of a pair of shaft segments of a primary drive axle. The roller assembly is disposed within the input gear and about... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493975 | Multi-wheel vehicle A vehicle comprises a steering operation device, a pair of running-driving wheels, which differentially drive when the steering operation device is manipulated, a pair of steerable running wheels interlocking with the steering operation device, and a steering mechan... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493758 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7490708 | Automatic traction enhancement for a transaxle A bidirectional overrunning clutch comprising an input gear, a pair of hubs, and a roller assembly is provided. Each hub is engaged to an end of one of a pair of shaft segments of a primary drive axle. The roller assembly is disposed within the input gear and about ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7484365 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus comprises a housing. The housing contains a hydrostatic transmission, a differential unit driven by the hydrostatic transmission, a pair of axles mutually differentially connected through the differential unit, and a restricting mechanism f... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484364 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7458431 | Multi-wheel vehicle A vehicle comprises a steering operation device, a pair of running-driving wheels, which differentially drive when the steering operation device is manipulated, a pair of steerable running wheels interlocking with the steering operation device, and a steering mechan... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7448209 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) leaving a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), th... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7430862 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus for being mounted on the body frame of a vehicle and for independently rotating drive wheel members. The axle driving apparatus includes a first axle driving unit (18L) having a housing (40) and a single axle (20L), the... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418819 | Pump unit The present invention provides a pump unit including at least one hydraulic pump with inlet and outlet ports, a pump case for accommodating the hydraulic pump having an opening through which the hydraulic pump is insertable, and a lid, called a center section, closi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409829 | Pump unit The present invention provides a pump unit including at least one hydraulic pump with inlet and outlet ports, a pump case for accommodating the hydraulic pump having an opening through which the hydraulic pump is insertable, and a lid, called a center section, closi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7374010 | Transmission for a working vehicle and vehicle A transmission for a working vehicle for transmitting drive power from an engine to a driving axle that includes: a flywheel including a flywheel body operatively connected with the engine and a flywheel housing for accommodating the flywheel body; a main-speed-chan... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357750 | Differential assembly and transaxle including it A transaxle comprising a transmission, a pair of coaxial axles, a deceleration assembly for decreasing output rotational speed of the transmission, a differential assembly for transmitting power from the deceleration assembly to the pair of axles, and a common housi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357210 | Vehicle power transmission system A vehicle power transmission system comprises: a prime mover mounted on a vehicle body frame; a first axle and a first transaxle for driving the first axle disposed at one of front and rear portions of a vehicle, the first transaxle having a first input part project... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354369 | Working vehicle In a working vehicle, a variable output HST and a planetary gear unit are connected with an engine, which is supported on a vehicle frame closer to a first side of a fore and aft direction of the vehicle in vibration free manner so as to together constitute a drivin... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353650 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus comprising a common housing in which a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor fluidly connected with each other and an axle driven by the hydraulic motor are disposed, At least one of the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor is variable in ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7247113 | Working vehicle In a working vehicle, a variable output HST and a planetary gear unit are connected with an engine, which is supported on a vehicle frame closer to a first side of a fore and aft direction of the vehicle in vibration free manner so as to together constitute a drivin... | 07/24/2007 |
| 6938718 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus wherein a hydraulic motor and a hydraulic pump for a hydro-static-transmission are housed in a transmission casing of the axle driving apparatus and a center section for connecting the hydraulic motor and hydraulic pump is disposed in the t... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6918850 | Working vehicle In a working vehicle, a variable output HST and a planetary gear unit are connected with an engine, which is supported on a vehicle frame closer to a first side of a fore and aft direction of the vehicle in vibration free manner so as to together constitute a drivin... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6860105 | Hydrostatic vehicle driving system applicable to a working vehicle A hydrostatic vehicle driving system structured from an engine to a drive axle in a working vehicle. A hydraulic pump driven by the engine and a variable displacement hydraulic motor for driving the drive axle are fluidly connected with each other through a hydrauli... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6845837 | Hydraulic transaxle apparatus for a four-wheel driving vehicle and four-wheel driving vehicle using the apparatus An articulated vehicle with a working device has a first frame having a prime mover mounted thereon and supporting a first transaxle apparatus. The first transaxle apparatus includes an input shalt receiving power from the prime mover, a pair of first axles, and a h... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6821225 | Transmission apparatus for a working vehicle Sun-and-planetary gearing for differentially drivingly connecting the front wheels to the rear wheels is arranged coaxially to a motor shaft of a hydrostatic transmission so as to provide a compact transmission apparatus having the hydrostatic transmission for a wor... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6752236 | Axle driving unit for a lawn tractor An axle driving unit having a housing with an axle and a hydrostatic transmission disposed therein. The hydrostatic transmission includes a center section separably attached to the housing and disposed within the housing, a hydraulic pump mounted on a pump mounting ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6745864 | Axle driving unit for a lawn tractor An axle driving unit having a housing (21, 22) for supporting a first axle (17) for mounting thereon a first driving wheel (3L), and a longer second axle (18) for mounting thereon a second driving wheel (3R). The axle driving unit ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6736605 | Tandem pump unit The present invention provides a tandem pump unit that includes: a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump respectively having a first pump shaft and a second pump shaft respectively having adjacent ends connected together so that the first and second pump ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6715283 | Axle driving system An axle driving system which houses in a housing thereof a hydrostatic transmission, axles, and a driving gear train for connecting output means of the hydraulic transmission and axles, so as to transmit power from a driving source to the hydrostatic transmission an... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6604359 | Axle driving apparatus An axle driving apparatus consisting of a housing for compactly housing inner portions of axles, a hydrostatic transmission, and a transmitting mechanism for transmitting power to the axles from an output shaft of the hydrostatic transmission. The housing... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6601474 | Hydrostatic transmission and power train for vehicle A hydrostatic transmission for vehicle interposed in a drive-power transmission path between a driving power source and a driving axle for non-stepwisely changing the speed of the vehicle includes an HST housing; a hydraulic pump unit having a pump shaft ... | 08/05/2003 |
