Arrangement of a differential for driving two vehicle wheels
AssigneeMercedes-Benz AG
InventorClaus-Christian Alt
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Abstract
In an arrangement of a differential for driving two vehicle wheels, with an outer casing and a gearbox casing supported by a bearing. Provided on the gearbox casing is an annular face which is concentric in relation to the bearing axis and with which a solid of revolution made of an elastomer material and held on the outer casing is in continuous, concomitantly rotating contact with a small contact pressure.
Claims6
Arrangement of a differential for driving two vehicle wheels, in which a gearbox casing having a bearing axis of the differential is rotably mounted in a non-rotating outer casing and a follower made of a non-metallic material and fixed in its position relative to the outer casing by a holding device can be brought into contact under a small contact pressure with an annular face of a ring gear which is fixed relative to the gearbox casing in terms of movement and is concentric to the bearing axis, wherein the follower is a solid of revolution made of a noise-deadening material rotating concomitantly with said ring gear and freely positioned to be in continuous contact with said ring gear.
Arrangement of a differential for driving two vehicle wheels, in which a gearbox casing having a bearing axis is rotatably mounted in a non-rotating outer casing and a follower made of a non-metallic material and fixed in its position relative to the outer casing by a holding device can be brought into contact under a small contact pressure with an annular face of a ring gear driven by a pinion, the ring gear being fixed relative to the gearbox casing in terms of movement and is concentric to the bearing axis, wherein the follower is a solid of revolution made of a noise-deadening material rotating concomitantly with said ring gear and freely positioned to be in continuous contact with said rind gear at a position on said ring gear rotated at least 90.degree. from said pinion.
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