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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:
Dec. 28, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1992
Jermanjit S Dhillon, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
David A Salvatori, South Lyon, MI (US);
New Venture Gear, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An improved arrangement for retaining a cross shaft within a differential gear mechanism is disclosed. The differential gear mechanism includes a differential casing supported for rotation about an axis. The cross shaft is disposed within the differential casing so as to be perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Semi-cylindrical slots are formed within facing surface portions of the cross shaft and the differential casing. Upon aligning the cross shaft slots and casing slots, a lock pin is inserted within the elongated cylindrical lock channel formed thereby, to retain the cross shaft within the differential gear mechanism.