Patent ID: 9381806
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B60K,B60W,B62D

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle having a multiple drive axle assembly, comprising: a forward axle assembly comprising, a forward interaxle differential, a forward interaxle differential input shaft, a first forward interaxle differential output shaft, and a second forward interaxle differential output shaft, the forward interaxle differential distributing power from the forward interaxle differential input shaft between the first and the second forward interaxle differential output shafts; an intermediate drive shaft directly connected to the second forward interaxle differential output shaft; a rear axle assembly comprising a rear differential and a rear differential input shaft; a rear clutch arrangement between the intermediate drive shaft and the rear differential input shaft, the rear clutch arrangement being movable between a first position in which the rear clutch arrangement rotationally locks the intermediate drive shaft and the rear differential input shaft and a second position in which the intermediate drive shaft and the rear differential input shaft are rotationally disconnected.