Patent ID: 11885404
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 11:
12. A differential unit of a vehicle, the differential unit comprising a differential carrier housing, and, mounted in said differential carrier housing: —an assembly according to claim 11; —a crown wheel having a longitudinal axis which coincides with the differential housing longitudinal axis, the crown wheel being arranged to be driven in rotation around said longitudinal axis by an input shaft; wherein: —the differential is partly arranged inside the crown wheel, the joint cross being attached to the crown wheel; —and the differential housing comprises two shells, each shell having a first end portion secured to the crown wheel and to the first end portion of the other shell, and a second end portion which is opposed the first end portion and which is configured, in use, to be placed around one drive shaft.