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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Makoto Nishiji, Saitama, JP;
Bosch Automotive Systems Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A planetary gear mechanism is provided at one end portion of a housing in a direction of the rotation axis L. The mechanism includes a planetary gear disposed at the housing such that the planetary gear is rotatable about its own axis and revolvable about the rotation axis together with the housing, and an inner gear and a sun gear which are in mesh with the planetary gear. A differential gear mechanism is provided at the other end portion of the housing. The mechanism includes a casing non-rotatably connected to the sun gear, a pair of pinion gears disposed within the casing such that the pinion gears are rotatable about their axes and revolvable about the rotation axis together with the casing, and a pair of side gears , which are in mesh with the pinion gears.