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US 10,833,560 B1Granted
Combination electric generator with electric clutch
AssigneeHydro-Gear Limited Partnership
InventorsRaymond Hauser, Scott W. Keller
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Abstract
A generator and clutch assembly is disclosed for use in a vehicle and includes a rotatable input, an electric generator in a generator housing, a clutch rotor by driven by the rotatable input, and an electric clutch and brake assembly which may be integrated with the generator housing. A field coil may be mounted to an external surface of the generator housing. The generator and clutch may be offset and connected by means of a transfer system having a transfer housing, wherein a field coil is mounted to an external surface of the transfer housing.
Claims16
A generator and clutch assembly comprising:
- a generator disposed in a generator housing, the generator housing comprising an upper housing member and a lower housing member, the lower housing member having an external surface;
- a field coil mounted to the external surface;
- a brake shroud mounted to the external surface, wherein the brake shroud is adjustably mounted to the generator housing via a plurality of adjustment mechanisms, wherein each of the plurality of adjustment mechanisms separately comprises a wave spring disposed between the brake shroud and the external surface, wherein each of the plurality of adjustment mechanisms is separably operable to move the brake shroud relative to the external surface;
- a clutch rotor between the field coil and the brake shroud;
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- a clutch-brake disk between the clutch rotor and the brake shroud to selectively contact the clutch rotor when the field coil is energized and contact the brake shroud when the field coil is de-energized.
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A generator and clutch assembly comprising:
- a generator disposed in a housing;
- a field coil fixed to an external surface of the housing;
- a brake shroud adjustably mounted to the housing via an adjustment mechanism, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a wave spring disposed between the brake shroud and the external surface, wherein the adjustment mechanism is operable to move the brake shroud relative to the external surface;
- a clutch rotor between the field coil and the brake shroud;
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- a clutch-brake disk between the clutch rotor and the brake shroud, the clutch-brake disk engaging the brake shroud when the field coil is de-energized and being magnetically attracted to engage the clutch rotor when the field coil is energized.
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A drive assembly for use with a prime mover having an output shaft, the drive assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of housing members;
- a clutch-brake assembly supported by the housing and comprising:
- an input tube powered by the output shaft, wherein the input tube is directly engaged with the output shaft of the prime mover, wherein the input tube has a first axis;
- a brake shroud engaged to the housing;
- a field coil mounted to the housing;
- a clutch rotor connected to the input tube between the field coil and the brake shroud;
- a clutch-brake disk between the clutch rotor and the brake shroud to selectively engage the clutch rotor when the field coil is energized and to engage the brake shroud when the field coil is de-energized;
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- an output hub connected to the clutch-brake disk;
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- a generator assembly comprising a generator disposed in the housing and driven by a drive shaft drivingly engaged with the input tube, the drive shaft having a second axis that is parallel to and offset from the first axis.
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A drive assembly for use with a prime mover having an output shaft, the drive assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of housing members, wherein the plurality of housing members comprises a first housing member and a second housing member, wherein the first housing member comprises a flange;
- a clutch-brake assembly supported by the housing and comprising:
- an input tube powered by the output shaft, the input tube having a first axis;
- a brake shroud engaged to an external surface of the flange of the first housing member of the housing, wherein the brake shroud is adjustably mounted to the external surface of the flange via a plurality of adjustment mechanisms, wherein each of the plurality of adjustment mechanisms is operable to move the brake shroud relative to the external surface, and wherein each of the plurality of adjustment mechanisms separately comprises a wave spring disposed between the brake shroud and the external surface;
- a field coil mounted to the housing;
- a clutch rotor connected to the input tube between the field coil and the brake shroud;
- a clutch-brake disk between the clutch rotor and the brake shroud to selectively engage the clutch rotor when the field coil is energized and to engage the brake shroud when the field coil is de-energized;
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- an output hub connected to the clutch-brake disk;
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- a generator assembly comprising a generator disposed in the housing and driven by a drive shaft drivingly engaged with the input tube, wherein the first housing member forms an upper housing for the generator assembly and the second housing member forms a lower housing for the generator assembly, wherein the drive shaft has a second axis that is parallel to and offset from the first axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.