Differential Provided with a Drive Wheel
AssigneeNeumayer Tekfor Holding GmbH
InventorsManfred Vogel, Volker Szentmihalyi, Matthias Derse
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Abstract
A differential provided with a drive wheel comprising two pairs of bevel gears disposed in a two-part housing, one of the pairs of bevel gears being a pair of axle bevel gears and the other pair of bevel gears being a pair of compensating bevel gears.
Claims20
A differential comprising:
- a two-part housing in which a pair of axle bevel gears and a pair of compensating bevel gears are rotatably mounted, and
- a drive wheel comprising a flange with gearing thereon;
- wherein each of said axle bevel gears is arranged on a bevel gear shaft provided in a respective one of the two housing parts;
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- wherein the flange and the gearing of the drive wheel are constructed integrally in one piece with one of the two housing parts.
An axle assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising a differential comprising an axle bevel gear constructed integrally in one piece with an associated bearing shaft, wherein said bearing shaft is connected via a spline with a joint inner part of a constant velocity joint, said constant velocity joint having a joint outer part connected to a drive shaft of a gear or wheel to be driven thereby, and wherein at at least one unit that allows longitudinal displacement is provided between the axle bevel gear and the gear or wheel to be driven by the drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.