Gkn Driveline North America, Inc.

Gkn Automotive Gmbh

Mark A Heinze

Lei Yang

Richard E Bastien

Kevin J Kaplan

Samuel Oram

David E Gall

Rick Ohsiek

Samuel J Oram

A vehicle differential includes a housing, an input gear mounted to the housing so that the housing and input gear rotate together, a pinion shaft mounted in the housing, first and second pinion gears mounted on the pinion shaft, first and second side gears within the housing and engaged with the pinion gears, and a second gear mounted to the housing so that the second gear and the housing rotate together. Part of the second gear overlaps at least part of the pinion shaft and limits movement of the pinion shaft relative to the housing.

Differential with auxiliary gear

In at least some implementations, a disconnect assembly for a driveline component, such as a power transfer unit, may include an input shaft, a disconnect shaft selectively rotated by the input shaft and an output shaft coupled to the disconnect shaft. A first gear is coupled to the disconnect shaft and a second gear is coupled to the output shaft and to the first gear so that the output shaft rotates when the disconnect shaft rotates. A connection feature is movable between an engaged position in which the input shaft and disconnect shaft are coupled and a disengaged position in which the input shaft rotates relative to the disconnect shaft. The connection feature includes a first part carried by the gear for rotation therewith and a second part movable relative to the first part and carried by the input shaft for rotation with the input shaft.

Driveline disconnect device

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Mark A Heinze