Power takeoff unit for automobile
AssigneeGKN Driveline Japan Ltd.
InventorsNoboru Uchida, Masaki Takahashi
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Abstract
A power takeoff unit is comprised of: a casing dividable into a first part and a second part; an inner shaft receiving torque from an engine; an outer shaft independently rotatable and coaxial with the inner shaft; a clutch for connecting the inner shaft with the outer shaft; an actuator configured to connect the clutch; an output shaft for outputting torque; and a gear set drivingly coupling the outer shaft with the output shaft, wherein the outer shaft and the output shaft are rotatably supported by the first part, the clutch is rotatably supported by the second part, and the actuator is fixed to the second part, whereby the clutch and the actuator along with the second part are separable from the first part.
Claims10
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A power takeoff unit for taking off torque from a transmission of an automobile, comprising:
- a casing dividable into a first part and a second part;
- a hollow inner shaft formed to allow insertion of a transmission shaft and coupled with the transmission to rotate about an axis;
- an outer shaft independently rotatable and coaxial with the inner shaft;
- a clutch interposed between the inner shaft and the outer shaft and configured to drivingly connect the inner shaft with the outer shaft when the clutch is connected;
- an actuator configured to connect the clutch;
- an output shaft disposed so as to be rotatable, and to one of intersect with and be not parallel and not intersect with, the outer shaft;
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- a gear set drivingly coupling the outer shaft with the output shaft,
- wherein the outer shaft and the output shaft are rotatably supported by the first part, the clutch is rotatably supported by the second part, and the actuator is fixed to the second part, whereby the clutch and the actuator along with the second part are separable from the first part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.