Vehicle differential having an electromagnetic actuator
AssigneeGKN Automotive AG
InventorToshiaki Komatsu
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Abstract
In at least some implementations, a vehicle differential includes a housing having a mounting flange with multiple openings through the flange, an annular gear mounted to the flange by a plurality of fasteners received through the openings, a coil received radially inwardly of the fasteners, and a coupler. The coupler is fixed to the housing and engaged with the coil to retain the position of the coil relative to the housing, and the coupler extends into an area between adjacent fasteners, where the area is circumferentially between adjacent fasteners and radially overlapped with at least a portion of the adjacent fasteners.
Claims16
A vehicle differential, comprising:
- a housing having a mounting flange with multiple openings through the flange;
- an annular gear mounted to the flange by a plurality of fasteners received through the openings;
- a coil received radially inwardly of the fasteners;
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- a coupler fixed to the housing and engaged with the coil to retain the position of the coil relative to the housing, the coupler extending into an area between adjacent ones of the plurality of fasteners, where the area is circumferentially between said adjacent ones of the plurality of fasteners and radially overlapped with at least a portion of said adjacent ones of the plurality of fasteners.
A vehicle differential, comprising:
- a housing having a rotational axis, a flange extending radially between a radially inner edge and a radially outer edge, and multiple openings that extend axially through the flange;
- an annular gear carried by the housing having multiple voids each aligned with a respective one of the openings;
- a plurality of fasteners, each fastener having an enlarged head that engages the flange and a shank that is received through a respective one of the openings and into a respective one of the voids to connect the gear to the flange;
- a coil of an electromagnetic actuator that has a casing and is received radially inwardly of the fasteners;
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- a coupler fixed to the housing and engaged with the casing to retain the position of the coil relative to the housing, the coupler extends into an area that is circumferentially between adjacent ones of the plurality of fasteners and wherein a radially outer edge of the coupler is at a distance from the axis that is greater than the minimum distance from the axis to the fasteners of said plurality of fasteners that are adjacent to the coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.