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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Gkn Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Toshiaki Komatsu, Commerce Township, MI (US);
GKN Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
A vehicle differential may have multiple gears and include a coil, a drive member movable in response to a magnetic field generated by the coil, with the drive member being movable between a first position and a second position. The drive member has an axis and includes a first body that is magnetically responsive, a second body coupled to the first body, an axis, an axially forward face and a stop surface axially spaced from the forward face, where the stop surface is arranged to limit movement of the drive member away from the first position. A lock member is engaged and driven by the forward face of the drive member to engage a gear of the differential when the drive member is in the second position, and the lock member is adapted to be disengaged from the gear when the drive member is in the first position.