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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
May. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Omar Jose Adragna, Peoria, IL (US);
David Owen Thompson, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/08 (2006.01); F16H 48/40 (2012.01); F16H 48/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/40 (2013.01); F16H 48/08 (2013.01); F16H 48/22 (2013.01); F16H 2048/085 (2013.01); F16H 2048/087 (2013.01); F16H 2702/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A differential is disclosed for use with a drivetrain of a mobile machine. The differential may have an input gear, a first side gear, a second side gear, and a side pinion disposed axially between and intermeshed with the first and second side gears. The differential may also have a carrier nested inside of the input gear and connected to the input gear and the side pinion. The carrier may at least partially surround the first side gear and the second side gear.