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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark A Willett, Novi, MI (US);
James P McCarthy, Milford, MI (US);
Assignee:
GKN Automotive, Inc., Aurburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74650 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
A limited slip viscous differential in which the housing therefor is gearingly connected with the drive axle and rotates therewith. Each of two output axles from the limited slip viscous differential is connected internally to a viscous coupling for transferring torque from the drive axle to at least one of the two output axles when at least one of the two output axles is rotating an angular velocity different from that of the housing. A structure is provided for releasably retaining each of the output axles within the housing.