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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2024
Applicant:
Gkn Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Inventors:
Kevin P. Horak, Clarkston, MI (US);
Kazunobu Takeshita, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
GKN Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 37/08 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/16 (2006.01); F16H 48/22 (2006.01); F16H 48/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 37/0813 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 17/043 (2013.01); B60K 17/165 (2013.01); F16H 48/22 (2013.01); F16H 48/24 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
An axle assembly includes a gear train having multiple outputs that rotate at different speeds. A differential is engaged with a first output at a first speed, and a clutch is engaged with a second output at a second speed, and the second speed is lower than the first speed. The first output may be radially spaced from the second output, relative to axes of rotation of the differential and the clutch.