Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular disconnecting drive module with torque vectoring augmentation
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Application No.: US16920867Application Date: 2020-07-06
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Publication No.: US10927937B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: James P. Downs , Paul J. Valente
- Applicant: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
- Current Assignee: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Burris Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: F16H48/22
- IPC: F16H48/22 ; F16H48/32 ; F16H48/08 ; F16H48/20 ; F16D25/10 ; F16D25/0638

Abstract:
A drive module having a housing, an input pinion, a ring gear driven by the input pinion, a ring gear bearing supporting the ring gear for rotation relative to the housing, a pair of output shafts and a clutch that selectively transmits rotary power between the ring gear and the output shafts. The clutch includes a clutch input, which is rotatably coupled to the ring gear, a clutch pack separator that is rotatably coupled to the clutch input, a pair of clutch outputs, which are each coupled to a respective one of the output shafts, a pair of clutch packs, which transmit rotary power between the clutch input and a respective one of the clutch outputs, and a pair of apply pistons. The apply pistons are housed in the clutch pack separator.
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