Motor/generator
First Claim
1. A method of assembling a drive train, which drive train includes a transmission with a transmission housing and a transmission input shaft, a prime mover with an output shaft, and a motor/generator with a motor/generator housing and a rotor mounted at least partially within the motor/generator housing, which rotor is rotatable about a rotor rotation axis, the method comprising:
- connecting the rotor to the transmission input shaft;
connecting the rotor to the output shaft of the prime mover;
mounting the motor/generator housing to the transmission housing by mounting an adapter component to the motor/generator housing and mounting the adapter component to the transmission housing;
wherein the motor/generator includes a transmission-shaft coupler that is drivingly coupled to the rotor;
the transmission-shaft coupler including a clamp with a plurality of adjustable jaws; and
connecting the rotor to the transmission input shaft including clamping the transmission-shaft coupler to the transmission input shaft by;
position the transmission input shaft between the jaws of the clamp; and
adjusting the jaws of the clamp toward the transmission input shaft until the transmission input shaft is clamped between the jaws of the clamp.
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Abstract
A motor/generator is provided for connecting between a transmission input shaft and an output shaft of a prime mover. The motor/generator may include a motor/generator housing, a stator mounted to the motor/generator housing, a rotor mounted at least partially within the motor/generator housing and rotatable about a rotor rotation axis, and a transmission-shaft coupler drivingly coupled to the rotor. The transmission-shaft coupler may include a clamp, which may include a base attached to the rotor and a plurality of adjustable jaws.
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Citations
25 Claims
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1. A method of assembling a drive train, which drive train includes a transmission with a transmission housing and a transmission input shaft, a prime mover with an output shaft, and a motor/generator with a motor/generator housing and a rotor mounted at least partially within the motor/generator housing, which rotor is rotatable about a rotor rotation axis, the method comprising:
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connecting the rotor to the transmission input shaft; connecting the rotor to the output shaft of the prime mover; mounting the motor/generator housing to the transmission housing by mounting an adapter component to the motor/generator housing and mounting the adapter component to the transmission housing; wherein the motor/generator includes a transmission-shaft coupler that is drivingly coupled to the rotor; the transmission-shaft coupler including a clamp with a plurality of adjustable jaws; and connecting the rotor to the transmission input shaft including clamping the transmission-shaft coupler to the transmission input shaft by; position the transmission input shaft between the jaws of the clamp; and adjusting the jaws of the clamp toward the transmission input shaft until the transmission input shaft is clamped between the jaws of the clamp. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A drive train, comprising:
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a prime mover; a variable-slip drive-train coupler engaged to an output shaft of the prime mover; a transmission with an input shaft; a motor/generator, including; a motor/generator housing; a stator mounted to the motor/generator housing; a rotor mounted to the motor/generator housing and rotatable about a rotor rotation axis; a motor/generator input shaft that is drivingly coupled to the rotor and that is engaged to an interior surface of the variable-slip drive-train coupler in such a manner to drivingly couple the motor/generator input shaft and the variable-slip drive-train coupler; and wherein the rotor is drivingly coupled to the transmission input shaft. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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