---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000000535"
title: "Differential locking device for a differential gear"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:03:02.830028Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000535"
categories:
  - "industrial-motion-power-transmission/rotary-motion"
keywords:
  - "f16h48/24"
  - "f16h48/08"
  - "f16h48/32"
---

# Differential locking device for a differential gear

## Abstract

A differential locking device is provided with a shifting element ( 20, 30 ) comprising a carrier ( 20 ) and a sliding sleeve ( 30 ). The carrier ( 20 ) has two carrier engagement sections ( 21, 22 ) a distance apart from one another in the axial direction. The sliding sleeve ( 30 ) has two sleeve engagement sections ( 31, 32 ) a distance apart from one another in the axial direction. In a locking switched condition, the carrier engagement sections ( 21, 22 ) and the sleeve engagement sections ( 31, 32 ) are engaged with one another. In an unlocking switched condition, one of the carrier engagement sections ( 21, 22 ) is arranged in the axial direction between the sleeve engagement sections ( 31, 32 ), and one of the sleeve engagement sections ( 31, 32 ) is arranged in the axial direction between the carrier engagement sections ( 21, 22 ).