ARRANGEMENT AT A VEHICLE WITH A DIFFERENTIAL LOCK

• Main Author: AHLGREN, THOMAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 18.09.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

On a shaft between two drove wheels (6, 7), a motor vehicle has a differential gear, which has a differential lock that can be used to lock the two drive wheels relative to each other. To reduce the stress that the differential lock can be subjected to, there is a device (10) that, when the differential lock is engaged, senses the relative angle of rotation between the drive wheels and when this reaches a predetermined marginal value, one of the wheels is braked with the help of a control unit (11) in order to limit the relative rotation between the wheels. The outer wheel is braked when moving in a curve.