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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2013
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Christopher Wayne Creager, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A collapsible clutching differential is for use in a drive train of a vehicle to control torque thereof. The drive train includes at least one rotating member defining an axis of rotation of the rotating member; a housing operatively supported in driven relationship with respect to a remainder of the drive train, adapted to rotate about the axis, and defining a cavity of the housing into which the rotating member extends; and at least one cross-pin mounted for rotation with the housing. The differential includes a pair of castellated side gears disposed in the cavity of the housing, supported for rotation about the axis relative to the housing, and having a torque-transmitting connection to the rotating member. The castellated side gears are adapted to be spaced from each other and collapse upon themselves such that the differential collapses upon itself.