Locking hub system

摘要

A locking hub system in a vehicle is provided. The locking hub system includes an inner drive gear assembly including a drive gear having a drive gear interior splined surface configured to attach to a vehicle axle and a bearing housing rotationally coupled to the drive gear having a bearing housing exterior splined surface configured to mate with a wheel attachment interface and a clutch ring assembly including a pin ring having a plurality of cantilevered pins extending from a support ring, partially enclosing a clutch ring, and unsupported at one end, the clutch ring including a clutch ring splined interior surface slidably moveable to mate with an drive gear splined exterior surface of the drive gear in an engaged configuration and slidably moveable to decouple from the drive gear splined exterior surface in a disengaged configuration.

主权项

1. A locking hub system in a vehicle comprising:
an inner drive gear assembly including a drive gear having a drive gear interior splined surface configured to attach to a vehicle axle, a bearing contacting and positioned around an external cylindrical surface of the drive gear, and a bearing housing fixedly coupled to and positioned around the bearing, the bearing housing having a bearing housing exterior splined surface around a circumference of the bearing housing and configured to mate with a splined surface of a wheel attachment interface; and a clutch ring assembly including a pin ring comprising an annular support ring and a plurality of cantilevered pins extending from an inward surface of the support ring and toward the bearing housing, partially enclosing a clutch ring, and unsupported at one end, the clutch ring including a clutch ring splined interior surface slidably moveable to mate with a drive gear splined exterior surface of the drive gear in an engaged configuration and slidably moveable to decouple from the drive gear splined exterior surface in a disengaged configuration.