Patent ID: 6432021
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B60K,F16H

Abstract:
A vehicle comprising:a differential providing differential rotation as between a pair of front or rear wheels of a vehicle; a rotatable differential case including differential gears rotated with said case about an axis of rotation; a pair of opposed side gears inter-engaged with said differential gears; a ring gear secured to said case and engageable with a vehicle propeller shaft for rotating said ring gear and case; a wheel axle extended from one of said side gears carried by said case and a stub axle extended from the other of said side gears carried by said case; a second wheel axle adjacent said stub axle and rotatable relative thereto and defining a juncture as between said second wheel axle and said stub axle, and said case configured to have an engagement portion adjacent said juncture and rotatable around said juncture; a clutch ring engagingly mounted on one of said stub axle and second wheel axle at a first position adjacent said juncture and movable to a second position into engagement also with the other of said stub axle and second wheel axle, and said clutch ring further movable to a third position into engagement with said engagement portion of said case while retaining engagement with said stub axle and second wheel axle.