Differential and thrust washer therefor
OwnerBenjamin Blackman, Shawn Thomas Pette +1inventors
InventorsBenjamin Blackman, Shawn Thomas Pette, Peter Hoskin
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Abstract
A thrust washer and a differential containing a thrust washer. The differential has a housing, a spider and one or more spider gears. The thrust washer includes a body having an annular shape and a width configured to approximately match with a width of the one or more spider gears. The thrust washer is further configured to engage with the spider to prevent or reduce the thrust washer from rotating relative to the housing when the thrust washer is installed in the differential.
Claims17
A thrust washer for a differential having a housing, a spider, and one or more spider gears, the thrust washer comprising:
- a thrust washer body comprising an annular shape having a width configured to approximately match a width of the one or more spider gears and conform to a shape of the spider gears and further configured to engage with the spider to approximately prevent the thrust washer from rotating relative to the housing when the thrust washer is installed in the differential,
- wherein the body is configured to have a slope along the width configured to conform with an inner diameter of the housing such that the slope engages with the housing to reduce separation of a first portion and a second portion of the thrust washer body.
A differential comprising:
- a housing;
- a spider and one or more spider gears;
- at least two side gears positioned and oriented to engage the one or more spider gears within the housing;
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- a thrust washer positioned between the housing and the at least one spider gear, the thrust washer comprising:
- a body comprising an annular shape having a width configured to approximately match with a width of the one or more spider gears and further configured to engage with the spider to prevent the thrust washer from rotating relative to the housing when the thrust washer is installed in the differential,
- wherein the body is configured to have a slope along the width configured to conform with an inner diameter of the housing and the slope engages with the housing to reduce separation of a first portion and a second portion of the body.
A thrust washer for a differential having a housing, a spider, and one or more spider gears, the thrust washer comprising:
- a thrust washer body comprising an annular shape having a width configured to approximately match a width of the one or more spider gears, the thrust washer body comprising:
- a first portion and a second portion, wherein each of the first and second portions are configured to engage with the spider to prevent the thrust washer from rotating relative to the housing when the thrust washer is installed in the differential and are also configured such that a slope along the width conforms with an inner diameter of the housing and engages with the housing to reduce separation of the first portion and the second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.