US 11,674,577 B2
Differential arrangement
Matthias Zingerle, Toblach (IT); Nikolaus Mayr, Bruneck (IT); Sigmund Senoner, Pfalzen (IT); and Hanspeter Putzer, Gais (IT)
Assigned to GKN Automotive Limited, Birmingham (GB)
Filed by GKN Automotive Limited, Birmingham (GB)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,245.
Claims priority of application No. 20215928 (EP), filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194223 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. F16H 48/08 (2006.01); F16H 48/24 (2006.01); F16H 48/40 (2012.01); F16H 48/34 (2012.01)
CPC F16H 48/08 (2013.01) [F16H 48/24 (2013.01); F16H 48/40 (2013.01); F16H 2048/346 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A differential arrangement for a drive axle of a motor vehicle, the differential arrangement comprising:
a drive wheel;
a differential gear with an input part;
a shift clutch operatively arranged between the drive wheel and the differential gear, wherein in a closed state of the shift clutch a torque is transmitted from the drive wheel to the differential gear, and in an open state of the shift clutch the torque transmission is disconnected;
wherein a first clutch part of the shift clutch is fixedly connected to a differential housing of the differential gear and a second clutch part of the shift clutch is fixedly connected to the input part;
wherein the shift clutch comprises coupling members displaceably arranged relative to the first clutch part and to the second clutch part, and at least one switching element which acts on the coupling members;
wherein the switching element displaces the coupling members between a first position for the closed state of the shift clutch in which the coupling members are arranged in a torque-transmitting manner between the first clutch part and the second clutch part, and a second position for the open state of the shift clutch, in which the first clutch part is separated from the second clutch part, wherein at least six coupling members are provided;
wherein the coupling members are guided axially displaceable in axial openings of the first clutch part; and
wherein the coupling members are formed as cylindrical pins, the coupling members being fixedly connected to the switching element.