US 12,441,191 B1
Powertrain for an agricultural tractor with dual drive and dual independent output electrical machine
Sriraman Sethuraman, Tamil Nadu (IN); Ravindran Vijayakumar, Tamil Nadu (IN); and Manikandan Subramanian, Tamil Nadu (IN)
Assigned to TRACTORS AND FARM EQUIPMENT LIMITED, Tamil Nadu (IN)
Filed by TRACTORS AND FARM EQUIPMENT LIMITED, Tamil Nadu (IN)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/829,760.
Claims priority of application No. 202441045698 (IN), filed on Jun. 13, 2024.
Int. Cl. B60L 1/00 (2006.01); A01B 76/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/442 (2007.10); B60K 17/28 (2006.01); B60K 25/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/70 (2019.01); B62D 49/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 1/00 (2013.01) [A01B 76/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/442 (2013.01); B60K 17/28 (2013.01); B60K 25/00 (2013.01); B60L 1/003 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 50/70 (2019.02); B60K 2025/005 (2013.01); B60L 2200/40 (2013.01); B62D 49/06 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A powertrain for an agricultural tractor, comprising:
a power source, for providing a rotational power;
an input shaft coupled to the power source for receiving the rotational power;
two or more output drive shafts coupled to two or more loads selected from a first load and a second load, and
a controller,
wherein the powertrain connects to multiple loads through the power source, by a first solid drive shaft connecting a first machine to the first load, and a second hollow shaft connecting a second machine to the second load, the machines are electric machines functioning as both motor and generators and configured to operate at different speed and independent of each other and the first load and the second load are configured to be operated independently by the drive shafts.