Lockable differential

US7527575B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

• Ditmar Salg · Freyung, DE
• Stefan Reicheneder · Passau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2006
• Grant date: May 5, 2009
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2200/2071
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lockable differential has one positive-fit clutch (12) actuatable in the opening and closing directions by displacement of a sliding sleeve (4), the sliding sleeve (4) being actuatable by a co-axially disposed piston (15).