Patent ID: 11958353
Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A controllable differential system for a vehicle, comprising:
a differential having:
a disengaged mode, and
an engaged mode,
the differential being selectively lockable while in the engaged mode;

a differential lock switch having:
a first position,
a second position, and
a third position,

the second position being intermediate the first and third positions, the differential lock switch being biased to return to the second position when released from the third position,
the differential lock switch being operatively connected to the differential for causing the differential to be:
in the disengaged mode when the differential lock switch is in the first position, and
in the engaged mode when the differential lock switch is in the second position; and

a controller operatively connected to the differential and to the differential lock switch, the controller being adapted for controlling the differential to:
selectively change the differential from one of an unlocked state and a locked state to another one of the unlocked state and the locked state when the differential lock switch is placed in the third position.