Axle decoupler system with mechanical synchronizer
AssigneeAtieva, Inc.
InventorsAzat Suleimenov, Jiajun Wu, Balazs Palfai
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Abstract
An axle decoupler system comprises: an axle decoupler configured to selectively couple an axle of a vehicle with a wheel hub of the vehicle, the axle decoupler comprising: a sliding ring having first splines coupled to second splines on the axle, the sliding ring having a first position where the first splines are not also coupled to third splines on the wheel hub, and a second position where the first splines are also coupled to the third splines; and an electric motor for moving the sliding ring into the first or second position; and a one-way clutch coupling the axle and the wheel hub to each other.
Claims13
An axle decoupler system comprising:
- an axle decoupler configured to selectively couple an axle of a vehicle with a wheel hub of the vehicle, the axle decoupler comprising:
- a sliding ring having first splines coupled to second splines on the axle, the sliding ring having a first position where the first splines are not coupled to third splines on the wheel hub, and a second position where the first splines are coupled to the third splines;
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- an electric motor for moving the sliding ring into the first or second position;
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- a one-way clutch coupling the axle and the wheel hub to each other.
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