Patent ID: 9511666
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B60K,F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle driveline comprising: an input shaft rotatable about a first axis; a range sleeve that is concentric with the input shaft, the range sleeve being non-rotatably but slidably coupled to the input shaft and movable along the first axis between a first range sleeve position and a second range sleeve position; a mode sleeve that is concentric with the input shaft, the mode sleeve being slidable along the first axis between a first mode sleeve position and a second mode sleeve position; a planetary transmission having a planet carrier, a sun gear and a plurality of planet gears that are rotatably mounted on the planet carrier and meshingly engaged to the sun gear; a differential assembly having a differential case and a differential gearset, the differential case being coupled to the planet carrier for common rotation about the first axis, the differential gearset being disposed in the differential case and including a pair of differential output members; an axle shaft coupled for rotation with one of the differential output members, the axle shaft extending through the sun gear and the input shaft; and a power transfer unit having a PTU input and a PTU output, the PTU output being rotatable about a second axis that is transverse to the first axis; wherein placement of the range sleeve in the first range sleeve position couples the planet carrier to the input shaft for common rotation and wherein placement of the range sleeve in the second range sleeve position couples the sun gear to the input shaft for common rotation; wherein placement of the mode sleeve in the first mode sleeve position when the range sleeve is in the first range sleeve position de-couples the range sleeve from the PTU input to permit relative rotation between the range sleeve and the PTU input, and wherein placement of the mode sleeve in the second mode sleeve position when the range sleeve is in the first range sleeve position couples the range sleeve to the PTU input for common rotation.