Patent ID: 6497313
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: B60K,F16D

Abstract:
A power take-off unit comprising:an input gear; an output shaft; a clutch assembly connected between said input gear and said output shaft, said clutch assembly being operable in either an engaged condition, wherein said input gear is connected to drive said output shaft, or a disengaged condition, wherein said input gear is not connected to drive said output shaft, said clutch assembly being responsive to the application of pressurized fluid for being operated in said engaged condition; a brake assembly being operable in either an engaged condition, wherein said brake assembly retards rotation of said output shaft, or a disengaged condition, wherein said brake assembly does not retard rotation of said output shaft, said brake assembly being responsive to the application of pressurized fluid for being operated in said disengaged condition; and a conduit for selectively applying pressurized fluid simultaneously to both said clutch assembly and said brake assembly.