Patent ID: 7798027

Claim:
A unitary, removable power takeoff and gearbox for use with an associated vehicle transmission having a housing, for providing rotational power to an associated auxiliary component, comprising: a housing, an input gear set including an input gear and a transfer gear, mounted for common rotation, the input gear driven by the associated vehicle transmission; a primary drive gear disposed on a drive shaft, the primary drive gear meshed with the transfer gear for rotation therewith, a planetary gear system including a carrier, a plurality of planet gears mounted for rotation within the carrier and a sun gear disposed central to the planet gears, the carrier being connected to the primary drive shaft for rotation with the shaft and for rotation of the planet gears relative to the carrier; and an output mounted to the sun gear for providing rotational power to the associated auxiliary component, wherein the input gear set and the output are disposed, at least in part, within the housing and wherein the primary drive gear and the planetary gear system are disposed within the housing, wherein a clutch is directly mounted to the drive shaft, the drive shaft disposed on a driven hub within the clutch, the driven hub being directly actuated longitudinally to engage and disengage the clutch by a clutch piston.