Patent ID: 9671004
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: F16D,F16H,Y10T

Claim:
1. A differential device for an automotive wheeled vehicle ( 10 ), said device ( 1 ) comprising: an input ring gear ( two wheel ( two clutch mechanisms each comprising a first clutch element ( for each clutch mechanism, said second clutch element ( said ring gear ( wherein every second clutch element ( 4 ) is also provided with supporting contact means ( 44 ) with the other second clutch element ( 4 ), said supporting contact means ( 44 ) being capable, in a first given angular configuration of the second clutch elements ( 4 ) relative to one another, of keeping the second clutch elements ( 4 ) in the engaged position with the first corresponding clutch elements ( 3 ), and said supporting contact means ( 44 ) also being capable, in a second given angular configuration of the second clutch elements ( 4 ) relative to one another, unlike in the first configuration, of allowing the second clutch elements ( 4 ) to shift into the disengaged position in relation to the first clutch elements ( 3 ).