Differential with disconnect clutch

A method of driving a differential assembly, the method comprising:

• providing a differential arrangement including:
• an input drive gear;
• a differential assembly adapted to be selectively driven by the input drive gear;
• a first one of the input drive gear or the differential assembly includes a plurality of ramps, and a second one of the input drive gear or the differential assembly includes a circumferential groove;
• a wedge clutch assembly including a cage having a first plurality of tapered crossbars that at least partially define a plurality of tapered wedge pockets, and a plurality of wedges each arranged within a respective one of the plurality of wedge pockets and within the circumferential groove of the second one of the input drive gear or the differential assembly, the plurality of wedges each including a ramped surface facing a corresponding one of the plurality of ramps;
• an actuator assembly configured to move the cage in at least one of a first axial direction or a second axial direction;
• and
• driving the first plurality of tapered crossbars in one of the first axial direction or the second axial direction to circumferentially drive the plurality of wedges into contact with the circumferential groove such that the input drive gear drives the differential assembly.