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US 4,068,541 AGranted
Banjo-shaped axle casing
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasao Sakamoto, Ryoichi Okuda, Hitoshi Saito, Kenzi Sasazaki
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Abstract
A banjo-shaped axle casing including a differential housing and a pair of axle housings. The axle casing has at least a pair of mounting members disposed opposite each other on the inside surface of the axle casing. At least one pair of flexible partitions are inserted into the axle casing such that they engage with the mounting members and partition the axle housings from the differential housing.
Claims6
A banjo-shaped axle casing of the type including a differential housing and a pair of axle housings coupled to said differential housing comprising:
- at least one pair of mounting members provided on the inside surface and on each side of the axle casing and opposite each other;
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- at least one pair of flexible partitions inserted into the axle casing, said flexible partition being inserted into the axle casing such that they engage with the mounting members and partition the differential housing from the axle housing thereby preventing large amounts of oil from flowing into said axle housing during applications of a horizontal inertial force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.