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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joseph D. Mastie, Belleville, MI (US);
Larry A. Pritchard, Macomb, MI (US);
Assignee:
BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 23/06 (2006.01); B60K 23/08 (2006.01); B60K 17/35 (2006.01); B60K 17/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/344 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 23/06 (2013.01); B60K 17/02 (2013.01); B60K 17/3515 (2013.01); B60K 23/0808 (2013.01); B60K 17/344 (2013.01); B60K 2023/0816 (2013.01); B60K 2023/0858 (2013.01); B60K 2023/0866 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/421 (2013.01); F16D 2023/0631 (2013.01);
Abstract
A product comprising: an axle shaft and an input shaft, wherein the axle shaft is coaxial with the input shaft; a clutch operatively connected to the axle shaft and the input shaft constructed and arranged to selectively couple and decouple the input shaft and the axle shaft; an actuator operatively connected to the clutch to drive the clutch; and a synchronizer operatively connected to the clutch to synchronize the coupling of the input shaft and the axle shaft.