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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Omar J. Adragna, Peoria, IL (US);
Amanda C. Doolittle, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A differential assembly is disclosed, including a housing forming an interior space, and a shaft may extend into a portion of the interior space of the housing. A side gear including an aperture may be arranged within the interior space and an end portion of the shaft is aligned and extends through the aperture. The differential assembly may further include a sliding sleeve configured with a flat flange portion, the sliding sleeve may extend through the aperture and slide over the end portion of the shaft. Furthermore, a pinion gear may be configured with a flat face portion and a pinion gear cam portion may be configured to extend axially away from the flat face portion of the pinion gear. An actuator may actuate the sliding sleeve between a sleeve first position and a sleeve second position and the flat flange portion may interact with the pinion gear cam portion.