MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647084861 A) filed by American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. on July 10, 2026, for Axle Configuration Having Full Time Drive Of One Wheel And Selective Drive Of A Second Wheel.
Inventors include Chevalier, Steven; and Mueller, Joseph, G..
The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.
Abstract: An axle assembly with a housing, a gear received in the housing and rotatable about an output axis, a spindle coupled to the second gear for rotation therewith, a first shaft that is rotatably coupled to the spindle, a second shaft that is rotatable about the output axis relative to the spindle, a first shaft bearing received between the second shaft and the spindle and supporting the second shaft for rotation relative to the spindle, and a mode collar slidably movable along the output axis between a first position, in which the second shaft is rotatable relative to the spindle, a second position, in which the second shaft is coupled to the spindle for rotation therewith, and a third position in which the spindle and the second shaft are non-rotatably coupled to the housing.
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