A hydraulic transaxle comprises an axial piston hydraulic pump having a variable displacement, and a transaxle casing incorporating the hydraulic pump. The hydraulic pump includes a movable swash plate and a pair of trunnion shafts. The transaxle casing includes a pair of side walls, and includes a pair of casing holes each of which penetrates each of the side walls between an inside and an outside of the transaxle casing. The pair of trunnion shafts are passed through the respective casing holes. The swash plate is formed with a pair of swash plate holes in the respective side portions facing the respective side walls in the inside of the transaxle casing. Proximal end portions of the respective trunnion shafts are inserted into the respective swash plate holes. A distal end portion of one of the trunnion shafts projects from the corresponding casing hole to the outside of the transaxle casing.

A power split transmission structure has at least three interfaces to direct driving power from a drive to at least one output in order to supply the driving power to connected consumers. It comprises at least two variator paths which each comprise a summation gearbox communicating with an electric or hydraulic machine via a mechanical and a non-mechanical path in order to modify torque, speed or both of the driving power. A control device regulates the summation gearbox of each of the variator paths. A power electronics system or hydraulic control device is connected to the electric or hydraulic machine of each of the variator paths. The transmission structure directs the driving power via the variator paths such that the electric or hydraulic machine of each variator path is operable in a generator or motor mode in order to compensate for a power shortfall or a power oversupply at at least one outlet of the transmission structure.

The present invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle. A request for coupling a power take-off is detected. It is checked (12) whether relevant boundary conditions for coupling the power take-off are fulfilled. If the boundary conditions are fulfilled, a system pressure for actuating the power take-off clutch is built up (16). It is checked (18) whether sufficient system pressure to actuate the power take-off clutch has been built up. When sufficient system pressure has been built up, a confirmation signal is produced (20). In reaction to the confirmation signal, a driving transmission control unit is modified (34) in order to actuate the at least one shifting element of the driving transmission with a higher actuation pressure than with an unmodified driving transmission control unit.

A milling machine includes an engine that generates output power, a rotor that receives the output power from the engine, and a drivetrain coupled to the engine and the rotor for transmitting the output power to the rotor based on a desired output of the rotor. The drivetrain includes a transmission system defining an input end coupled to the engine for receiving the output power therefrom and an output end, wherein the transmission system allows variation in an output of the rotor without altering a load on the engine. The drivetrain includes a power transmitting arrangement coupled to the output end of the transmission system. The drivetrain includes a gearbox coupled to the power transmitting arrangement and the rotor for transmitting the output power to the rotor, wherein the power transmitting arrangement is disposed between the transmission system and the gearbox.

The present invention concerns a hydraulic system comprising a hydraulic pump (130) installed on a truck tractor (10), a hydraulic pipe (160) connected to the outlet of the pump (130) and a connector (170) positioned at the outlet of the pipe (160) and designed to be connected to a complementary socket (180) provided on a trailer (20) in order to supply a ram (110) positioned on the trailer, for example for tipping purposes, characterised by the fact that it comprises a circuit selector (210) designed to connect said socket (180) selectively either to a ram (110) or a conduit (220) supplying a drive assistance circuit and an assistance circuit return conduit (250) designed to be connected to a tank (120) positioned on the truck tractor.

A method of operating a motor vehicle. A request for coupling a power take-off is detected. It is checked (12) whether relevant boundary conditions for coupling the power take-off are fulfilled. If the boundary conditions are fulfilled, a system pressure for actuating the power take-off clutch is built up (16). It is checked (18) whether sufficient system pressure to actuate the power take-off clutch has been built up. When sufficient system pressure has sufficiently been built up, a confirmation signal is produced (20). In reaction to the confirmation signal, a driving transmission control unit is modified (34) in order to actuate the at least one shifting element of the driving transmission with a higher actuation pressure than with an unmodified driving transmission control unit.

A hybrid vehicle drive system for a vehicle includes a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, and a rechargeable power source. The hybrid vehicle drive system further includes an interface between the transmission and the prime mover for coupling to an electric motor. The electric motor can be in direct or indirect mechanical communication with a hydraulic pump. The electric motor can receive power from the prime mover driven transmission through the interface.

A hybrid vehicle drive system for a vehicle includes a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, and a rechargeable power source. The hybrid vehicle drive system further includes an interface between the transmission and the prime mover for coupling to an electric motor. The electric motor can be in direct or indirect mechanical communication with a hydraulic pump. The electric motor can receive power from the prime mover driven transmission through the interface.

A method controls a power split transmission structure to direct drive power from a drive through at least three interfaces to at least one output to supply connected consumers. The transmission structure has at least two variator paths each comprising a summation gearbox downstream of the interfaces in which drive power is varied via a mechanical and an electrical path. The transmission structure has power electronics or a hydraulic control device including at least three electric or hydraulic machines arranged in parallel with the summation gearbox of each variator path downstream of the interfaces. The method simultaneously controls the power electronics or a hydraulic control device and the electric or hydraulic machines in such a way that fluctuations in the power supply to the consumers are compensated for by the electric or hydraulic machines by regulating, via a control device, the summation gearbox of each of the variator paths and modifying a torque, a speed, or both, of the drive power via the power electronics system or the hydraulic control device.

A method for operating a power take-off shaft of an agricultural tractor with an attachment hoist includes providing a power take-off shaft spatially assigned to the attachment hoist, a hoist controller and a control unit. The method also includes detecting an operating state of the power take-off shaft via a first sensor and an upper operating position of the attachment hoist via a second sensor. The method further includes restricting the upper operating position to a first maximum value by the control unit if the first sensor detects that the power take-off shaft is not operating, and restricting the upper operating position to a second maximum value by the control unit if the first sensor detects that the power take-off shaft is operating, where the second maximum value is less than the first maximum value.