American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

Ryan M Baeder

Jeffrey Lee Kincaid

Thomas C Paluch

An all-wheel drive vehicle driveline that includes a PTU input member, a spindle, a stub shaft, an axle shaft, a PTU clutch and a stub shaft clutch. The PTU input member, the spindle, the stub shaft and the axle shaft are rotatable about a first rotary axis. The axle shaft is received through the spindle. The PTU clutch is operable in a first PTU clutch mode, in which the PTU input member is rotatably coupled to the spindle, and a second PTU clutch mode in which the PTU input member is rotatably decoupled from the spindle. The stub shaft clutch is operable in a first stub shaft clutch mode, in which the stub shaft is rotatably coupled to the axle shaft, and a second stub shaft clutch mode, in which the stub shaft is rotatably de-coupled from the axle shaft.

Disconnecting all-wheel drive driveline having flat tow capabilities

An AWD driveline includes first and second sleeves. The first sleeve is axially translatable between first, second, and third positions; the second sleeve is coupled for translation therewith. When the first sleeve is in the first position, the first sleeve couples an input of a differential to an intermediate member, and the second sleeve is rotatable relative to the first sleeve and couples first and second outputs members. The first output member can be an output of the differential. In the second position, the first sleeve is rotatable relative to the input or the intermediate member, and the second sleeve is rotatable relative to the first sleeve and couples the first and second output members. In the third position, the first sleeve is rotatable relative to the input or the intermediate member, and the second sleeve is rotatable relative to the first sleeve and the first or second output members.

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White Lake, MI, United States of America

Ryan M Baeder