Patent ID: 11892067
Assignee: POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A mechanical differential assembly for a wheeled vehicle, comprising:
a housing having an interior surface that defines an internal volume;
a pinion gear within the internal volume and operable to both rotate relative to the interior surface of the housing and be fixed relative to the interior surface of the housing;
a clutch portion fixed to the pinion gear; and
a locking member;
a second pinion gear;
a second clutch portion fixed to the second pinion gear;
wherein the clutch portion is a cap extending a distance from a toothed portion of the pinion gear;
wherein the cap includes a cap interior surface that is configured to be engaged by the locking member;
wherein the clutch portion is configured to engage and lock the pinion gear to the housing when the mechanical differential assembly is in a locked configuration;
wherein the locking member is configured to engage both the clutch portion and the second clutch portion; and
wherein the locking member engages both the clutch portion and the second clutch portion to lock the pinion gear to the housing when the mechanical differential assembly is in the locked configuration.