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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:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1995
Paul J Valente, Berkley, MI (US);
Titan Wheel International, Inc., Quincy, IL (US);
Abstract
A locking differential includes a housing containing a chamber and a pair of opposed openings for receiving a pair of axially spaced output shafts, respectively, a pair of side gears adapted for non-rotatable connection with the respective output shafts, concentrically arranged annular center driver gear and center cam members arranged coaxially about the adjacent ends of the output shafts, and annular clutch members operable by the center cam member to disconnect an overrunning output shaft, characterized in that the center driver gear and center cam members contain radially extending access openings to permit manual mounting of C-clip retainers in peripheral grooves contained in the adjacent ends of the output shafts.