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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2024
Gkn Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Isao Hirota, Tochigi, JP;
Noboru Uchida, Tochigi, JP;
Yousuke Kawai, Tochigi, JP;
Daisuke Umetsu, Hiroshima, JP;
Koji Takahashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Koki Yamamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Naoki Hiraga, Hiroshima, JP;
GKN Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
An output gear of the differential apparatus includes a gear member and an operating member capable of being integrally rotatably engaged with the gear member via the cam portion. The cam portion includes a gear protrusion on the gear member, an operating protrusion on the operating member, and cam surfaces respectively provided on opposing surfaces of the gear protrusion and the operating protrusion. A corner portion on a tip side of at least one of the gear protrusion and the operating protrusion is provided with a retreating portion.