Tochigi Fuji Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Hideo Hayakawa

Kenji Hiraishi

Satoshi Aiba

Seiki Numao

A differential gear apparatus includes a differential case 21 having casing members 31,33 fixed by a tightening member 35 and driven by an engine to be rotated, side gears 37,39 on the wheel side, pinion gears 57,59 for linking the gears 37,39 with each other, and receiving bores 53,55 formed of first and second wall surfaces 77,79,83,85 which are respectively formed in the casing members 31,33 for receiving the pinion gears 57,59 slidably and rotatably therein, wherein wall surfaces 77,79 occupy semicircles or more of the receiving bores 53,55, and curvatures of the wall surfaces 83,85 are set to be larger than those of the wall surfaces 77,79 and wherein distances between the wall surfaces 83,85 and the pinion gears 57,59 are set to be longer than distances between the wall surfaces 77,79 and the pinion gears 57,59 in contacting areas of respective wall surfaces.

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Tochigi, Japan

Hideo Hayakawa