Patent ID: 9388893
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B60B,F16H

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle differential housing, comprising: a wall having at least one window that provides access to a differential gear disposed at least partly in the vehicle differential housing when assembled, said wall having at least one protuberance at an exterior surface of said wall and adjacent said at least one window, said at least one protuberance providing a thickened portion of said wall to strengthen said wall against stresses experienced amid use of the vehicle differential housing, said at least one protuberance having a greatest longitudinal extent larger than a greatest lateral extent, said greatest longitudinal extent spanning generally from a periphery of said at least one window and away from said periphery, said greatest lateral extent spanning generally along a portion of said periphery, wherein said at least one protuberance has a greatest thickness dimension at said periphery of said at least one window.