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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/40 (2012.01); F16H 48/08 (2006.01); F16H 48/34 (2012.01); F16H 48/24 (2006.01); F16H 48/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/40 (2013.01); F16H 48/08 (2013.01); F16H 48/24 (2013.01); F16H 48/34 (2013.01); F16H 2048/106 (2013.01); F16H 2048/346 (2013.01);
Abstract
A differential device has: a differential case supported so as to be rotatable with respect to a differential carrier fixed to the vehicle body; a differential gear mechanism composed of a plurality of pinion gears and side gears; pinion gear shafts that support the plurality of pinion gears; a tubular slide member that supports the pinion gear shafts in the differential case; an actuator that moves the slide member in the axial direction; and a position sensor that is attached to a sensor attachment member provided to the differential carrier and that is configured to detect an operating state of the actuator.