Patent ID: 8562479

Claim:
A tandem axle, comprising: first and second drivable axles, each of the first and second drivable axle comprises a differential with a drive gearwheel, which are drivable as differential input by way of a shaft, and two drive half-shafts that drive wheels of the respective axle by way of axle shaft gears, wherein the wheels on the first axle are permanently and positively coupled to the drive gearwheel, wherein the drive gearwheel on the first axle meshes with a ring gear, which is arranged on a differential case of the first axle, and the drive gearwheel on the first axle has a drive shaft on which the drive gearwheel is formed and on which a selectively engageable transfer gear is seated, wherein the transfer gear meshes with a drive-through shaft gear arranged rotationally locked on a drive-through shaft, wherein an output of the drive-through shaft is coupled to an input-side drive gearwheel on the second axle by way of intermediate members, wherein shifting clutches are arranged in the second axle between the axle shaft gears and their adjacent wheels, and wherein the first axle is a forward axle and the second axle is a rear axle.