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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Brian Peet, Akron, OH (US);
Nicholas Hrusch, Wooster, OH (US);
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/16 (2006.01); F16D 41/08 (2006.01); F16D 15/00 (2006.01); F16D 23/12 (2006.01); F16D 41/063 (2006.01); F16D 47/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/16 (2013.01); F16D 15/00 (2013.01); F16D 23/12 (2013.01); F16D 41/063 (2013.01); F16D 41/08 (2013.01); F16D 47/04 (2013.01); F16D 2023/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
A differential includes a driven body, an output element, and a clutch assembly radially interposed between the driven body and the output element. The clutch assembly includes a first wedge clutch configured to rotationally lock the output element to the driven body in a first direction and to overrun in a second direction, and a second wedge clutch configured to rotationally lock the output element to the driven body in the second direction and to overrun in the first direction.