Abstract: Air compressor 10 for a vehicle, including at least one cooling duct 30 arranged to convey air from outside of the compressor 10, alongside a sealable chamber 28 containing a motor 22, alongside a cylinder 12, and through a cylinder head 18 to emit from at least one exhaust 32 spaced from an air inlet 20, and a fan 34 operable to impel air through the, or each, cooling duct 30. Alternatively or additionally, the compressor 10 includes a sensor 56 arranged to sense a critical parameter of the compressor 10, and a controller in communication with the motor 22 and the sensor 56, the controller configured to control operation of the motor 22 to adjust a rotational speed of a shaft 24 responsive to receiving a sensed value from the sensor 56.

Abstract: Air compressor 10 for a vehicle, including at least one cooling duct 30 arranged to convey air from outside of the compressor 10, alongside a sealable chamber 28 containing a motor 22, alongside a cylinder 12, and through a cylinder head 18 to emit from at least one exhaust 32 spaced from an air inlet 20, and a fan 34 operable to impel air through the, or each, cooling duct 30. Alternatively or additionally, the compressor 10 includes a sensor 56 arranged to sense a critical parameter of the compressor 10, and a controller in communication with the motor 22 and the sensor 56, the controller configured to control operation of the motor 22 to adjust a rotational speed of a shaft 24 responsive to receiving a sensed value from the sensor 56.

Abstract: A limited slip differential for a vehicle comprising: a carrier containing lubricant and rotatable about a first axis; a pinion gear arranged within the carrier and rotatable about a second axis; a side gear arranged within the carrier and engaged with the pinion gear; and a clutch pack arranged within the carrier and rotatable about the first axis, the clutch pack comprising a captive disk and a floating disk, each of the captive disk and the floating disk have a central aperture, a peripheral region, and at least one lubrication aperture, the captive disk having an inner lubrication aperture arranged proximal to the respective central aperture and an outer lubrication aperture arranged proximal to the respective peripheral region, and the floating disk having an intermediate lubrication aperture arranged between the inner aperture and the outer aperture, whereby rotation of the floating disk relative to the captive disk causes lubricant to travel from the central apertures to the peripheral regions by progr

Abstract: A limited slip differential for a vehicle comprising: a carrier containing lubricant and rotatable about a first axis; a pinion gear arranged within the carrier and rotatable about a second axis; a side gear arranged within the carrier and engaged with the pinion gear; and a clutch pack arranged within the carrier and rotatable about the first axis, the clutch pack comprising a captive disk and a floating disk, each of the captive disk and the floating disk have a central aperture, a peripheral region, and at least one lubrication aperture, the captive disk having an inner lubrication aperture arranged proximal to the respective central aperture and an outer lubrication aperture arranged proximal to the respective peripheral region, and the floating disk having an intermediate lubrication aperture arranged between the inner aperture and the outer aperture, whereby rotation of the floating disk relative to the captive disk causes lubricant to travel from the central apertures to the peripheral regions by progr

Abstract: A locking differential including a differential carrier or housing 1 closed by a flange cap 2 engaging locking gear 2A, the housing 1 and flange cap 2 supporting side gears 10 and 11 which mesh with pinion gears 12 supported by cross shafts 8 and 9, the cross shafts engaging mounting holes in the housing 1, each pinion gear having an even number of teeth, and each side gear having a number of teeth which is a multiple of two where two pinions are at 180° to each other, three where three pinion gears are at 120° to each other, four where three or four pinion gears are at 90° to each other, or five where five pinions are at 72° to each other, the locking means further including a clutch gear 5 which slidably engages the locking gear 2A and the teeth on side gear 10 in the locked position, the cross shafts 8 and 9 being in a fixed relationship to the locking gear 2A.