Axle disconnect assembly
AssigneeJtekt Automotive North America, Inc.
InventorsPatrick Desing, Shun Ono
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Abstract
An axle disconnect device including a shift collar slidable in an axial direction of the axle disconnect device, the shift collar switchable between a connect mode and a disconnect mode; a first solenoid including a threaded end; a second solenoid including locker arm; a return spring configured to bias a movement of the shift collar towards the connect mode; a groove on the shift collar configured to receive the locker arm when the shift collar is in the connect mode; and a lead screw on the shift collar configured to mesh with the threaded end to move the shift collar toward the disconnect mode against the bias force of the return spring.
Claims7
An axle disconnect device, the device comprising:
- a shift collar slidable in an axial direction of the axle disconnect device, the shift collar switchable between a connect mode and a disconnect mode;
- a solenoid including an end;
- a locker arm that pivots when pressed by the end of the solenoid, the locker arm including teeth;
- a return spring configured to bias a movement of the shift collar towards the connect mode;
- a groove on the shift collar configured to receive the locker arm when the shift collar is in the connect mode;
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- a lead screw on the shift collar configured to mesh with the teeth of the locker arm to move the shift collar toward the disconnect mode against a bias force of the return spring.
An axle disconnect device, the device comprising:
- a shift collar slidable in an axial direction of the axle disconnect device, the shift collar switchable between a connect mode and a disconnect mode;
- a return spring configured to bias a movement of the shift collar towards the connect mode;
- a solenoid configured to move a locker arm, the locker arm including a threaded end;
- a groove on the shift collar configured to receive the locker arm when the shift collar is in the connect mode;
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- a lead screw on the shift collar configured to mesh with the threaded end to move the shift collar toward the disconnect mode against a bias force of the return spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.