Differential locking device for a differential gear

A differential locking device for a differential gearbox (3) having an input element (11), a first output element (15), and a second output element (16), wherein the differential locking device comprises:

• a shifting element (20, 30) with a carrier (20) and a sliding sleeve (30), the carrier (20) configured for a rotationally fixed connection with one of the input element (11), the first output element (15), or the second output element (16), and comprises two carrier engagement sections (21, 22) a distance apart from one another in the axial direction;
• wherein the sliding sleeve 30 is configured to be connected rotationally fixed with and to be movable in the axial direction toward another one of the input element (11), the first output element (15), or the second output element (16), and comprises two sleeve engagement sections (31, 32) a distance apart from one another in the axial direction;
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• wherein the carrier engagement sections (21, 22) and the sleeve engagement sections (31, 32) are arranged in such manner that the shifting element (20, 30) provides a locking switched condition in which the carrier engagement sections (21, 22) and the sleeve engagement sections (31, 32) are engaged with one another, and provides an unlocking switched condition in which one of the carrier engagement sections (21, 22) is arranged in the axial direction between the sleeve engagement sections (31, 32) and one of the sleeve engagement sections (31, 32) is arranged in the axial direction between the carrier engagement sections (21, 32).