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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2002
Richard Michael Krzesicki, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory James Stout, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian Christian Orr, Macomb, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A differential gear assembly including a differential housing and a ring gear mounted externally to the differential housing by a clamp. The differential housing and the ring gear each include an annular flange extending therefrom and the clamp includes a pocket which is adapted to receive the annular flanges therein. In another aspect, the flanges include opposing angled surfaces and the pocket includes opposing angled sides, whereby when the clamp is placed to the flanges, the angled surfaces of the flanges engage the angled sides of the clamp such that the clamp provides an axial clamping force to the flanges.