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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2021
Applicant:
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Inventor:
Frederick E. Zink, Capac, MI (US);
Assignee:
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/22 (2006.01); F16H 48/30 (2012.01); B60K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/22 (2013.01); F16H 48/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle driveline component having a differential assembly that includes a limited slip clutch, a locking clutch and an actuator for operating the limited slip clutch and the locking clutch. The actuator includes a pair of ball-ramp mechanisms that share a rotatable ball-ramp ring.