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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Werner Krude, Neukirchen-Seelscheid, DE;
Ralf Leuschen, Oberbettingen, DE;
Michael Engelmann, St. Augustin, DE;
Werner Krude, Neukirchen-Seelscheid, DE;
Ralf Leuschen, Oberbettingen, DE;
Michael Engelmann, St. Augustin, DE;
GKN Driveline International GmbH, Lohmar, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a differential assembly in the form of a crown gear differential, more particularly for being used in the driveline of a motor vehicle. The differential assembly comprises a differential carrier () which is rotatingly drivable around an axis of rotation A; two sideshaft gears () having crown gear teeth, which are rotatably held in the differential carrier () on the axis of rotation A and each comprise a circumferential supporting face (); differential gears () with spur gear teeth, which rotate jointly with the differential carrier () around the axis of rotation A and which engage the teeth of the sideshaft gears () and each comprise a circumferential contact face (); wherein the differential gears () are supported by means of their contact faces () against the supporting faces () of the sideshaft gears () towards the axis or rotation A.