Gkn Automotive Gmbh

Gkn Driveline International Gmbh

Heinzwilli Fuchs

Werner Krude

Colin Zaers

Michael Engelmann

Theodor Gassmann

Mark Schmidt

A transfer box with a housing, an input shaft, a first output shaft extending coaxially relative to said input shaft, and a second output shaft extending parallel to said two shafts, as well as with a differential gear assembly arranged between said shafts, wherein the input shaft carries a cross member with a plurality of radial bearing arms for the differential gears, wherein a first side gear is connected in a rotationally fast way to the first output shaft and wherein a second side gear is rotatably supported on the input shaft and drives the second output shaft, wherein the differential gears are spur gears and the side gears crown gears and wherein the teeth of the differential gears engage the teeth of the side gears.

Transfer box with crown teeth

A double differential assembly having a first differential drive () with a differential carrier () drivable around an axis of rotation (A), a plurality of first differential gears () rotatably supported therein, as well as two output gears () which are coaxially arranged relative to the axis of rotation (A) and engage the first differential gears (). It also includes a second differential drive () with a cage element () which is firmly connected to one of the output gears () of the first differential drive () and is drivable thereby around the axis of rotation (A), a plurality of second differential gears () which are rotatably held in the cage element (), and two sideshaft gears () which are arranged coaxially relative to the axis of rotation (A) and engage the second differential gears (). At least one of the two differential drives () is a crown gear differential.

Double differential assembly for a motor vehicle driven by a plurality of axles

A differential assembly () for being rotatably supported around a longitudinal axis (A) and for being rotatingly driven inside a housing, comprising a differential carrier () which comprises a base () at its first end and an aperture () at its second end; two sideshaft gears () arranged coaxially relative to the longitudinal axis (A), as well as a plurality of a differential gears () in the differential carrier, each engaging the two sideshaft gears; an outer bearing seat () at the first end of the differential carrier () for sliding on a first rolling contact bearing () and an inner bearing seat () at the second end of the differential carrier () for inserting a second rolling contact bearing ().

Compact differential assembly

A differential drive having a drivable differential carrier () which is rotatably supported in a drive housing, which comprises a longitudinal carrier axis, in which two axle shaft gears () whose axes extend co-axially relative to the longitudinal carrier axis are arranged and rotatably supported and in which a plurality of differential gears () whose axes extend radially relative to the longitudinal carrier axis are arranged and held so as to rotate with said differential carrier (,) wherein the axle shaft gears () engage the differential gears (;) and having constant velocity joints () which are positioned inside the differential carrier () and whose outer joint parts () are connected to the axle shaft gears () in a rotationally fast way, wherein the outer joint parts () and the axle shaft gears () connected to the outer joint parts () are positioned in the differential carrier () with radial play and are operationally engaged with at least three differential gears () for being self-centered on the longitudinal carrier axis.

Differential having integrated homocinetic joints

A differential drive having a drive housing () with a longitudinal drive axis (A); having a drivable differential carrier () which is rotatably supported in the drive housing () by means of two rolling contact bearings (), which comprises a longitudinal carrier axis (A), wherein, at the differential carrier (), there are formed projections () which extend co-axially relative to the longitudinal carrier axis and into which there are inserted outer bearing races () of the rolling contact bearings (); and wherein, in the drive housing (), there is provided a side opening () through which the differential carrier () with inserted outer bearing races () of the rolling contact bearings () can be inserted; and wherein, in the drive housing (), there are provided bores () into which there are inserted bearing holding rings () which carry inner bearing races () of the rolling contact bearings () and which, together with said inner bearing races, can be inserted into the bores () co-axially relative to the longitudinal drive axis (A).

Differential drive with integrated constant velocity joints

A differential drive having a drivable differential carrierwhich is rotatably supported in a drive housing, which comprises a longitudinal carrier axis, in which two axle shaft gearswhose axes extend co-axially relative to the longitudinal carrier axis are arranged and rotatably supported and in which a plurality of differential gearswhose axes extend radially relative to the longitudinal carrier axis are arranged and held so as to rotate with said differential carrier, wherein the axle shaft gearsengage the differential gears; and having constant velocity jointswhich are positioned inside the differential carrierand whose outer joint partsare connected to the axle shaft gearsin a rotationally fast way, wherein, between the axle shaft gearsin the differential carrier, there is arranged a spider memberwhich comprises a hubwhose axis extends co-axially relative to the carrier axis and which is provided with at least three bearing journalswhich project radially from the huband on which the differential gearsare rotatably supported, wherein, in the differential carrierin a cylindrical inner face there are provided wide longitudinal grooves which partially receive the differential gears

Differential comprising integrated homocinetic joints

An assembly ( ) for supporting a wheel of a motor vehicle and for drivingly connecting the wheel to a driveshaft, comprising a wheel carrier ( ) which is attachable to the motor vehicle and is provided with an annular part ( ) and a plurality of steering arms ( ); a wheel hub ( ) which is rotatably supported in the annular part ( ) of the wheel carrier ( ) and is provided with a flange ( ) for bolting on the wheel; a rolling contact bearing ( ) with two rows of rolling contact members for supporting the wheel hub ( ) in the wheel carrier ( ), which rolling contact bearing ( ) is insertable into the annular part ( ) of the wheel carrier ( ); and a constant velocity joint ( ) which comprises an outer joint part ( ) removably connectable to the wheel hub ( ), and an inner joint part connectable to the driveshaft, wherein the connection between the wheel hub ( ) and the outer joint part ( ) is provided by inter-engaging toothings, wherein at the wheel carrier ( ), in the annular part ( ), there is provided a broken-out portion ( ) in at least one circumferential position, so that a securing ring can be handled by pliers through the broken-out portion ( ).

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