Patent ID: 8961353
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B60K,F16H

Abstract:
1. A vehicle driveline comprising: a housing; an input member received in the housing and being rotatable about an input member axis, the input member being adapted to receive rotary power from a vehicle transmission; a multi-speed driveline transmission disposed in the housing, the multi-speed driveline transmission comprising an input shaft, a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a planet carrier, a ring gear and a range collar, the sun gear being mounted on the input shaft for rotation therewith, the planet gears meshingly engaged with the sun gear and the ring gear, a planet carrier having a carrier body and a plurality of pins that are fixed to the carrier body for rotation therewith, each of the pins journally supporting an associated one of the planet gears, the ring gear being non-rotatably coupled to the housing, the range collar being concentric with the input member and the input shaft and being movable along the input member axis between a first range position, a second range position and a third range position, wherein the range collar rotatably couples the input member to the input shaft when the range collar is in the first range position, wherein rotary power is not transmitted through the range collar when the range collar is disposed in the second range position, and wherein the range collar rotatably couples the input member to the carrier body when the range collar is in the third range position; a first differential assembly having a differential case and a differential gearset having a pair of first output members, the differential case being coupled to the carrier body for rotation therewith, the differential gearset being received in the differential case; a pair of first shafts, each of the first shafts coupled to a corresponding one of the first output members for rotation therewith; a first bevel ring gear mounted in the housing concentrically about at least one of the differential case and the carrier body; and a mode clutch mounted in the housing, the mode clutch having a clutch input member and a clutch output member, the clutch input member being coupled to the carrier body for rotation therewith, the clutch output member being non-rotatably coupled to the first bevel ring gear, the mode clutch being operable for selectively transmitting rotary power between the clutch input member and the clutch output member.