US 12,214,659 B2
Power take-off (PTO) assembly in a transmission and PTO assembly operating method
Weiguo Zhao, Wuxi (CN); Filip D. Schacht, Meulebeke (BE); and Quan Liu, Wuxi (CN)
Assigned to DANA (WUXI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Jiangsu (CN)
Filed by DANA (WUXI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Suzhou (CN)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/523,236.
Claims priority of application No. 202223212232.2 (CN), filed on Nov. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174079 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 17/28 (2006.01); F16H 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 17/28 (2013.01) [F16H 37/065 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power take-off (PTO) assembly, comprising:
a first one-way clutch configured to engage with a shaft of a prime mover or an output shaft when the prime mover rotates in a first direction;
a second one-way clutch configured to engage with the shaft of the prime mover or the output shaft when the prime mover rotates in second direction which is opposite the first direction;
a first mechanical branch rotationally coupling the first one-way clutch to the output shaft or the prime mover shaft;
a second mechanical branch rotationally coupling the second one-way clutch to the output shaft or the prime mover shaft; and
a PTO device rotationally coupled to the output shaft.