Powered axle differential
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorClayton P. Neumann
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Abstract
A power transfer assembly is described for power transmission from a power source to one or more rotating components. The power transfer assembly includes a power source capable of providing torque output, a first one-way clutch configured to receive torque input from the power source, and a second one-way clutch configured to receive torque input from the power source. The first one-way clutch is configured to transmit at least a first portion of the received torque input to a first half-axle. The second one-way clutch is configured to transmit at least a second portion of the received torque input to a second half-axle.
Claims20
A power transfer assembly for transmitting power from a power source to a rotating component comprising:
- a power source capable of providing torque output;
- a first one-way clutch configured to receive torque input from the power source;
- and
- a second one-way clutch configured to receive torque input from the power source;
- wherein the first one-way clutch is further configured to transmit at least a first portion of the received torque input to a first half-axle,
- wherein the second one-way clutch is further configured to transmit at least a second portion of the received torque input to a second half-axle, and
- wherein no differential, other than the first and the second one-way clutches, is interposed between the power source and either of the first and the second half-axles for the transmission of power from the power source to either of the first and the second half-axles.
A work vehicle comprising:
- a power source capable of providing torque output;
- a first one-way clutch configured to receive torque input from the power source;
- and
- a second one-way clutch configured to receive torque input from the power source;
- wherein the first one-way clutch is further configured to transmit at least a first portion of the received torque input to a first half-axle,
- wherein the second one-way clutch is further configured to transmit at least a second portion of the received torque input to a second half-axle, and
- wherein no differential, other than the first and the second one-way clutches, is interposed between the power source and either of the first and the second half-axles for the transmission of power from the power source to either of the first and the second half-axles.
A power transfer assembly for transmitting power from a power source to a rotating component comprising:
- a power source capable of providing torque output;
- a first one-way clutch configured to receive torque input from the power source;
- and
- a second one-way clutch configured to receive torque input from the power source;
- wherein the first one-way clutch is further configured to transmit at least a first portion of the received torque input to a first half-axle,
- wherein the second one-way clutch is further configured to transmit at least a second portion of the received torque input to a second half-axle, and
- wherein at least one gear reduction is interposed between at least one of the power source and the first and second one-way clutches, the torque input being transmitted to the first and second one-way clutches via the at least one gear reduction, and between the first one-way clutch and a wheel connected to the first half-axle, the first portion of the received torque input being transmitted to the wheel via the gear reduction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.