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Patent No.:

US 12429097 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2022

Axle disconnect clutch

Applicant:

Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;

Inventor:

Brian Lee, Charlotte, NC (US);

Assignee:

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;

Attorneys:

Schaeffler Group USA, Inc.

RONALD BENDER

KEVIN PARKS

PAOLA ABI-NADER

MATTHEW EVANS

Primary Examiner:

Timothy Hannon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 11/10 (2006.01); B60B 35/12 (2006.01); B60B 35/14 (2006.01); F16D 23/14 (2006.01); F16D 11/00 (2006.01); F16D 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 11/10 (2013.01); B60B 35/128 (2013.01); B60B 35/14 (2013.01); F16D 23/14 (2013.01); B60B 2380/12 (2013.01); F16D 2011/004 (2013.01); F16D 2023/123 (2013.01);
Abstract

An axle disconnect clutch includes an axle shaft, a tulip for a constant velocity joint, and a sliding sleeve. The sliding sleeve includes a first inner spline and a first outer spline, radially aligned with the first inner spline. One of the axle shaft or the tulip includes a second inner spline, and the other one includes a second outer spline. The sliding sleeve is axially slidable along a one of the first inner spline or the first outer spline to engage the other of the first inner spline or the first outer spline with the second outer spline or the second inner spline, respectively, rotationally connecting the axle shaft and the tulip. In an example embodiment, the sliding sleeve has an undulating profile, and a number of inner spline teeth of the first inner spline is equal to a number of outer spline teeth of the first outer spline.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lee, Brian. (2025). Axle disconnect clutch (U.S. Patent No. 12429097). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12429097

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