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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1998
John H Tanzer, Punta Gorda, FL (US);
Tim Howard, Hamburg, MI (US);
Binod Kumar Agrawal, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A differential mechanism, connected to a driveshaft, transmits power to two halfshafts laterally directed toward the driven wheels of a motor vehicle. Each halfshaft is driveably connected to a pinion, which continually engages a gear fixed to an axle shaft, the pinion and gear forming a speed reduction gearset located between the halfshaft and axle shaft. Each gearset is located in a drop gear housing. Opposite axial ends of each halfshaft are fixed to a differential housing and the drop gear housing. Two extension tubes, each press fitted in the differential housing and a corresponding drop gear housing, provide structural continuity therebetween.