Patent ID: 8403795
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. A power take-off unit for use in a motor vehicle, the vehicle having a powertrain and sets of first and second wheels, comprising: a rotary input driven by the powertrain; a reduction unit driven by said rotary input and having first and second output components; a differential assembly having a differential input and first and second differential outputs driving the first wheels; a pinion shaft driving the second wheels; a hypoid gearset driving said pinion shaft; a transfer assembly connected to said differential input and said hypoid gearset; and a clutch operable in a first mode to couple said first output component to said transfer assembly and in a second mode to couple said second output component to said transfer assembly, wherein said transfer assembly includes a transfer shaft rotatably supported on said first differential output, a first transfer gear fixed for rotation with said differential input, and a second transfer gear meshed with said first transfer gear, said second transfer gear driving said hypoid gearset.