Patent ID: 9731597
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60Y,F16H

Claim:
1. A vehicle driveline comprising: a housing; an input shaft mounted in the housing for rotation about a first axis; a differential case coupled to the input shaft for rotation about the first axis; a differential gearset received in the differential case; a first gear received in the housing and rotatable about the first axis; a coupling having first and second coupling portions, the first coupling portion being coupled to the input shaft for rotation therewith, the second coupling portion being axially slidably but non-rotatably coupled to the first gear, the second coupling portion being movable along the first axis between first and second coupling positions, wherein rotary power is transmittable between the input shaft and the first gear when the second coupling portion is disposed in the first coupling position, and wherein rotary power is not transmittable between the input shaft and the first gear when the second coupling portion is disposed in the second coupling position; a brake element coupled to the housing and engagable to the second coupling portion when the second coupling portion is in the second coupling position to thereby resist rotation of the second coupling portion relative to the housing; and an output shaft drivingly coupled to the first gear, the output shaft being rotatable about a second axis that is not parallel to the first axis.