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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kevin Ray Beutler, Burton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Americam Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 5/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 5/702 ;
Abstract
A differential cover for a differential unit of a vehicle includes a central area, a flange area having a lower surface facing a mating direction for mating with a surface of a differential housing. The flange area has a plurality of apertures distributed along the flange area. The flange between centerlines of adjacent apertures defines a plurality of segments, each of which extending further in the mating direction than the lower surfaces of the segment at respective centerlines.