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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7998012 | Axle assembly method A torque transmitting component that includes a hollow adjuster that is employed to preload and/or position a bearing that supports a differential assembly relative to a housing. One of the housing and the adjuster includes a first engagement feature and the other o... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7931557 | Axle assembly method A method that includes positioning a differential assembly between a pair of journals in a differential housing, threading hollow adjusters into the journals, installing a retaining member over each of the hollow adjusters such that the retainer engages a non-circul... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7341536 | Light weight differential case half A vehicle differential case is disclosed, the case having an interior and an exterior configuration which provides an increased internal volume for, among other things, lubricant for components of the differential mechanism, while at the same time providing excellen... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7320659 | Differential assembly with semi-elliptical assembly window A differential case is provided including at least one assembly window formed therein for providing access to a chamber interior of the differential case. The assembly window in the differential case is defined by a semi-elliptical segment having ends interconnected... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7294084 | Transverse differential of a motor vehicle and method for production thereof A transverse differential and a welding method for its producing, in which a differential bolt and a differential case are fixedly connected to one movement-wise. For this purpose, a bolt/case welding is produced in which, material of a differential bolt is fused an... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7217217 | Torque transmission differential for motor vehicles The invention relates to a torque transmission differential for motor vehicles comprising a casing which is selectively rotated around an axis y–y′; a drive wheel axle with an axis Y–Y′; a gearing which is disposed inside the casing and which transmits the r... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210852 | Full complement taper roller bearing A full complement taper roller bearing consists of an inner ring or cone having an inner track on its radially outer conical surface, and an outer ring or cup having an outer track on its radially inward conical surface and one or more rows of taper rollers having a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7175351 | Tapered roller bearing A tapered roller bearing comprises an outer race, an inner race, a plurality of tapered rollers, and a cage. A small-diameter end portion of the inner race is formed with a small flange portion for limiting axial movement of the tapered rollers and a cylindrical por... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165471 | Thermally compensated differential A thermally compensated differential comprises a housing, a pinion gear mounted into the housing, a differential case carrying a ring gear with the case being supported by a first roller bearing and a second roller bearing with the bearings being mounted indirectly,... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7108428 | Axle assembly with bearing adjustment mechanism The present invention provides an axle assembly for a motor vehicle including an axle housing, a differential assembly supported in the axle housing with a differential bearing, a bearing insert, an adjuster sleeve and a lock ring. The bearing insert is coupled to t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090609 | Pinion support for a differential assembly A differential assembly includes a yoke, attached to a drive shaft, for driving a pinion head. The differential assembly further includes inner and outer pinion bearing assemblies, a separable mounting plate, and a cavity defined by a housing for receiving a pinion ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086983 | Differential with pinion bearings supported on input yoke A differential having pinion bearings supported on the input yoke is provided. The differential includes a housing having an opening through which a pinion shaft extends. The input yoke is disposed about a portion of the pinion shaft and one or both pinion bearing s... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077778 | Bull gear of differential gear assembly A lower cost differential gear assembly capable of inputting driving force through a differential gear, whose teeth have sufficient strength is provided. To achieve the object, the differential gear is constructed by engaging a gear part provided with teeth at equal... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059686 | Bicycle hub A bicycle hub is provided with a hub axle, a hub shell and a pair of bearing units. Each of the bearing units has an inner race supported on one axle end of the hub axle, an outer race threadedly coupled to an inner tubular surface of the hub shell, and a plurality ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7025702 | Differential A differential capable of satisfying a demand for an improvement in performance and a reduction in cost in which the pinion shaft 19 is movably disposed in the differential case 2, and sliding bearings 16, 41, 42 are disposed between mutually op... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011594 | Differential having integrated homocinetic joints A differential drive having a drivable differential carrier (11) which is rotatably supported in a drive housing, which comprises a longitudinal carrier axis, in which two axle shaft gears (28, 29) whose axes extend co-axially relative to the longitudi... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994405 | Axle assembly An axle assembly serves as a primary structural member for a motor vehicle and comprises an axle tube having a first end and a second end and with an opening located near the first end and a mounting module formed as a unitary extension of the axle tube. At least on... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6929578 | Planetary gear carrier assembly A planetary gear carrier assembly having an upgraded thrust bearing with an increased surface contact area and corresponding dynamic load rating capable of withstanding the axial thrust forces generated by engagement of the planetary gears in a General Motors 4L60, ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918851 | Concentric shift system for engaging an interaxle differential lock An interaxle differential is provided which includes a side gear, a clutch gear torsionally locked on a first input shaft and axially slidably mounted thereon and an annular piston mounted in a differential casing for urging the clutch gear into engagement with a si... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6893372 | Roller bearing, transmission using the same and differential gear In order to improve a seizure resistance as well as restricting of a dispersion of a rotation torque, surface roughness of a large diameter side end face (4A) of a tapered roller (4) is defined as a value satisfying both the following conditional expre... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6813972 | Differential housing assembly with cap-ring bearing support architecture A differential housing assembly includes a differential housing having a differential case supported therein. The differential housing includes a first support structure and a second support structure. The differential case includes a pair of extending neck portions... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6761237 | Quick connect/disconnect driveline assembly A driveline assembly includes a shaft that is rotatably supported on a bearing assembly within a drive axle. The shaft has a first mount portion with a threaded exterior surface and a second mount portion with a splined exterior surface. A retaining ring is threaded... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6692398 | Simplified differential assembly A simplified differential assembly includes a single-piece open-ended hollow differential case and a free-floating differential gear mechanism mounted therewithin. The differential case is provided with a plurality of axial grooves formed on an inner peri... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6569053 | Eccentric pinion cage A drive axle assembly is provided that includes an axle housing having a cavity. A differential case is disposed within the cavity. The ring gear is supported on the differential case such as by fastening the ring gear to a flange extending from the diffe... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6544140 | Pinion mounting with direct tapered roller bearing arrangement A pinion mounting with direct tapered roller bearing arrangement for differential gear mechanisms includes a first tapered roller bearing and a second tapered roller bearing to provide support for a pinion shaft, the pinion mounting and pinion shaft being... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6364803 | Differential axle assembly with adjustable gear offset An adjustable pinion offset in a differential axle assembly. The offset between a pinion gear and shaft relative to a ring gear in the differential axle assembly is adjustable due to an eccentric mounting of the pinion assembly relative to the differentia... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6318201 | Motor vehicle differential bearing pre-load mechanism A motor vehicle differential bearing pre-load mechanism which provides for the simultaneous use of a collapsible spacer which plastically deforms and has a close to linear load to deflection band on one side of a motor vehicle differential assembly and a ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6068571 | Drive axle assembly having a ring gear adjustably secured to a differential case An adjustment collar for a positioning a ring gear to a differential case. The ring gear is splined to the differential case so as to allow axial displacement. The adjustment collar is threaded onto the differential case adjacent to the ring gear. The adj... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6056664 | Differential gear A differential gear which can always obtain a stable differential limiting force even in low-speed rotation. A plurality of rollers are provided between a raceway surface integrally rotating with an input-side rotating body and a raceway surface integrall... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6027423 | Arrangement for mounting a pinion gear within a housing of a differential assembly A differential assembly which includes a differential housing is disclosed. The differential assembly also includes a spider structure positioned within the differential housing. The spider structure has (i) a spider hub and (ii) a spider shaft which exte... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5897453 | Differential gear The present invention provides a differential gear capable of constantly ensuring a stable differential motion restricting force even in the case of a low rotational speed. In the present invention, when there occurs a difference in rotational speed betwe... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5711738 | Conical roller bearing for supporting a pinion shaft of differential gear In a conical roller bearing for supporting a pinion shaft of a differential gear, the contact angle of a conical roller bearing for supporting the pinion shaft is controlled between 22° and 28°; the ratio of the diameter Da of the conical roller... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5624345 | Apparatus for preloading axle differential bearings and method of assembling a differential The invention is directed to an axle differential bearing preloading apparatus and method of assembling an axle differential. The apparatus provides a substantially uniform differential bearing preload regardless of wear of the drive gears or bearing asse... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5533423 | Differential housing for the axle drive of a motor vehicle A differential housing is made up of many parts composed of deep-drawn readily shapable steel sheets. A conical bearing part jacket receives a differential pin and one differential gear. A cover inserted into an opening in the jacket bears an additional d... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5509862 | Right angle differential drive gear assembly A differential gear assembly has a pair of face gears meshing with intermeshing input and idler gears respectively. The face gears are secured by threaded fasteners carrier assembly which houses a pair of pinion side gears rotatably mounted on a pin or sh... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5363722 | Connector assembly for a north-south automatic transaxle A connector is provided assembly for a north-south transaxle having a case and a solenoid assembly. The connector assembly includes a connector connected to a source of power and extending through an aperture in the case. The connector assembly also inclu... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5345839 | Sound-damped fitting of a drive system In order to maintain the sound emission of a vehicle drive with a hydrostatic drive system within tolerable limits, a hydrostatic drive is supported with respect to a gear box by way of structure-borne noise damping components seated in axial drillings or... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5297447 | Steering axle for vehicles, particularly for agricultural tractors A steering axle includes a beam pivotally mounted on a load-bearing structure of a vehicle. A steering actuator is mounted on the beam and includes a casing which provides a journal formation for pivotally mounting the beam on the load-bearing structure.... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5284067 | Manual transmission shaft center control support device A gear transmission adapted for use in an engine-driven automotive vehicle includes a mainshaft and a countershaft, a transmission casing having axially spaced bearing support structures, meshing gear elements on the mainshaft and countershaft to establis... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5279186 | Assembly for a north-south automatic transaxle A north-south transaxle includes a case having a first passageway extending longitudinally and a second passageway spaced from the first passageway and being generally parallel to the first passageway and extending longitudinally. The transaxle also inclu... | 01/18/1994 |
