ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,616, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Permco Inc. (Streetsboro, Ohio).
"Digital power take-off" was invented by Farid Taghaboni (Streetsboro, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital power take-off system includes an input shaft and an output shaft connected to a planetary gear. An actuator is mechanically coupled to the planetary gear to mechanically control a rotational speed of the output shaft. An output shaft sensor detects the output shaft rotational speed. Controller circuitry receives a desired output shaft rotational speed, receives the output shaft rotational speed from the output shaft sensor, and determines a diffe...