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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2017
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Joseph S. Balenda, II, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Ryan Ettenhofer, Detroit, MI (US);
Thomas E. Gansenhuber, Lapeer, MI (US);
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A differential includes a cross-pin assembly. The case can rotate about an output axis. First and second side gears can be rotatable about the output axis relative to the case. First, second, and third pinion gears can be meshingly engaged with the first and second side gears. The cross-pin assembly can include first, second, and third pin members, each having a cylindrical body and a finger fixedly coupled to a proximal end of the corresponding cylindrical body. The first, second, and third pinion gears can be rotatably disposed about the corresponding first, second, or third cylindrical body. The first, second, and third fingers can overlap along the output axis to non-rotatably couple the first, second, and third pin members together.