US 11,945,312 B2
Transmission mounted electrical charging system PTO gear arrangement
Benjamin Daniel Golder, Raleigh, NC (US); Thomas Alan Genise, Dearborn, MI (US); Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Allen Park, MI (US); and Glenn Clark Fortune, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWEWR LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/478,075.
Application 17/478,075 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/057458, filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/820,133, filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118844 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 6/40 (2007.10); B60K 6/383 (2007.10); B60K 6/387 (2007.10); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60K 17/28 (2006.01); F16D 21/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 6/40 (2013.01) [B60K 6/383 (2013.01); B60K 6/387 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60K 17/28 (2013.01); F16D 21/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01); B60K 2025/005 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
a main shaft;
a PTO countershaft gear on a same axis as an idler gear, the PTO countershaft gear coupled to a driven gear, wherein a torque from a transmission is applied to the idler gear, wherein the idler gear drives the PTO countershaft gear in response to the torque, and wherein the PTO countershaft gear drives the driven gear;
a one-way clutch structured to couple the main shaft and the driven gear; and
a motor/generator coupled directly to a first end of the main shaft.