Schaeffler Heavy Duty Differential with AWD- disconnect

摘要

The Schaeffler lightweight [1]. At the time, the innovative aspect of the design centred around differential was presented for the first time at the 2009 VDI Congress in Friedrichshafen, Germany the reduced weight and smaller mounting space required for the ground-breaking differential concept. Since then, the lightweight differential has been further optimised in order to overcome the last of the concept's drawbacks in comparison to the existing bevel gear differential. During the optimisation phase, the key focus has been to improve the rigidity of the differential, and reduce frictional losses in the main bearing arrangement. A further aim was to reduce the production costs. Today, this means that there is virtually no effect on costs, at least when the differential is operated within high torque ranges. For those who have not yet come across the Schaeffler lightweight differential, what follows is a brief explanation of how the component came into existence. Based on the most recently available sources, Alexander Timothy Brown can be described as the father of the "spur-gear differential", a category of differential that includes the Schaeffler lightweight differential.