US 12,449,034 B2
Tracked combat vehicle with integrated motor brake having clutch sensors
Andrew Kotloski, Oshkosh, WI (US); Nicholas Kopec, South Lyon, MI (US); and Benjamin LeVesque, Royal Oak, MI (US)
Assigned to Oshkosh Defense, LLC, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed by Oshkosh Defense, LLC, Oshkosh, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/894,759.
Application 18/894,759 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/661,066, filed on May 10, 2024.
Application 18/894,759 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/844,843, filed on Jun. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/540,167, filed on Sep. 25, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/466,120, filed on May 12, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/466,093, filed on May 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0027561 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. F16H 61/12 (2010.01); F16H 57/01 (2012.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B62D 55/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 61/12 (2013.01) [F16H 57/01 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B62D 55/06 (2013.01); F16H 2057/014 (2013.01); F16H 2057/018 (2013.01); F16H 2061/1276 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tracked vehicle, comprising:
a drive system configured to drive a track of the tracked vehicle, the drive system including:
an electric motor;
a gearbox comprising a first planetary gearset, a second planetary gearset, a first clutch, and a second clutch; and
a first positional sensor configured to measure translation of a piston of the first clutch and a second positional sensor configured to measure translation of a piston of the second clutch, wherein the second positional sensor comprises a sensor plunger that extends in an angled direction relative to a longitudinal direction of the second planetary gearset, the sensor plunger configured to be driven to translate by translation of the piston of the second clutch; and
a controller configured to use the measured translation of the piston of the first clutch and the measured translation of the piston of the second clutch to operate the electric motor and the gearbox.