Patent ID: 6918851
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: B60K,F16D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An arrangement of an axle assembly with interaxle differential for a vehicle having at least first and second drive axles comprising: a casing; a ring gear rotatively mounted in said casing; a counter shaft with a first pinion geared end meshed with said ring gear; a driven gear mounted on a second end of said counter shaft; a first side gear, meshed with said driven gear; a first axle input shaft rotatively mounting said first side gear adjacent a first end of said first axle input shaft; a spider connected with said first end of said first axle input shaft having gears meshed with said first side gear; a second axle input shaft axially aligned with said first axle input shaft; a second side gear connected on said second axle input shaft and in mesh with said gears of said spider; a clutch gear torsionally locked on said first axle input shaft and axially slidably mounted thereon for selective engagement with said first side gear; a fluid activated annular piston mounted in said casing and concentric with a center line of said clutch gear for urging said clutch gear into engagement with said first side gear to torsionally lock said first and second input shafts together, at least a portion of said piston axially aligned with said clutch gear along an axis extending parallel to an axis of rotation of said first axle input shaft; and a spring to urge said clutch gear to an unlocked position on said first input shaft.