Patent ID: 9382951
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B60K,F16D

Claim Text:
1. A locking hub system in a vehicle comprising: an inner drive gear assembly including a drive gear having a drive gear interior splined surface configured to attach to a vehicle axle, a bearing contacting and positioned around an external cylindrical surface of the drive gear, and a bearing housing fixedly coupled to and positioned around the bearing, the bearing housing having a bearing housing exterior splined surface around a circumference of the bearing housing and configured to mate with a splined surface of a wheel attachment interface; and a clutch ring assembly including a pin ring comprising an annular support ring and a plurality of cantilevered pins extending from an inward surface of the support ring and toward the bearing housing, partially enclosing a clutch ring, and unsupported at one end, the clutch ring including a clutch ring splined interior surface slidably moveable to mate with a drive gear splined exterior surface of the drive gear in an engaged configuration and slidably moveable to decouple from the drive gear splined exterior surface in a disengaged configuration.