Patent ID: 9657828
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: F16H

Claim:
1. A driveline component comprising: a housing defining a cavity; a differential assembly disposed in the cavity, the differential assembly having a differential case that is rotatable about a differential axis; and a park lock mechanism having a first lock element, a second lock element and a third lock element, the first lock element being coupled to the differential case for common rotation about the differential axis, the first lock element having a plurality of first face teeth that are disposed circumferentially about the differential axis, the second lock element being fixedly coupled to the housing and having a plurality of first radial teeth that are disposed circumferentially about the differential axis and face radially inward toward the differential axis, the third lock element having an annular body, a plurality of second radial teeth and a plurality of second face teeth, the annular body being disposed about the differential axis, the second face teeth being fixedly coupled to the annular body and disposed about the differential axis, the second radial teeth being fixedly coupled to the annular body and facing radially outward from the annular body to be meshingly engaged with the first radial teeth such that the third lock element is axially movable between a first position, in which the second face teeth are spaced apart from the first face teeth, and a second position in which the second face teeth are engaged to the first face teeth to non-rotatably couple the differential case to the housing.