US 12,331,824 B2
Long-bolt power takeoff housing
Brian Perry, Claremore, OK (US)
Assigned to Muncie Power Products, Inc., Muncie, IN (US)
Filed by MUNCIE POWER PRODUCTS, INC., Muncie, IN (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,916.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/268,821, filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0279939 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 57/025 (2012.01); B60K 17/28 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01)
CPC F16H 57/025 (2013.01) [B60K 17/28 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02026 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02082 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power takeoff (PTO), comprising: a PTO housing including
a transmission mounting surface,
a channel boss extending opposite the transmission mounting surface, wherein the channel boss includes an elongated channel extending therethrough and terminating at the transmission mounting surface, and
a plurality of screw bosses extending from the PTO housing substantially parallel to the transmission mounting surface, wherein the plurality of screw bosses are radially spaced apart equidistantly around a central point; and
an elongated fastener, sized to be received into the elongated channel; and
wherein the plurality of screw bosses are rotated about the central point such that insertion of the elongated fastener into the elongated channel does not interfere with the plurality of screw bosses.