Patent ID: 6176359
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B60K,F16D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An all wheel drive motor vehicle powertrain comprising;an engine;a transmission connected to said engine;an input shaft rotatably powered by said engine through said transmission;a transfer case receiving said input shaft;a front output shaft and a rear output shaft rotatably powered through said transfer case;a first axle assembly drivingly connected to one of said output shafts;a second axle assembly drivingly connected to the other said output shaft;wherein said front output shaft and said rear output shaft are mechanically connected through the transfer case in that both of said output shafts rotate at the same speed;wherein said second axle assembly comprises a speed-sensing, limited-slip differential assembly providing interaxle and intraaxle differentiation; andwherein said speed-sensing, limited-slip differential assembly comprises at least one bi-directional overrunning clutch assembly and a reversing mechanism adapted to automatically respond to a change in directional rotation of the differential case and permit said at least one clutch assembly to function in both directions.