Patent ID: 9709149
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B60B,F16H,Y10T

Claim:
1. A powered axle gear for a motor vehicle comprising: a pinion configured for conveying drive energy from a propeller shaft of the vehicle, and a crownwheel configured for transmitting rotary motion from the pinion to powered axles of the vehicle; a gear housing configured to accommodate the pinion and the crownwheel; a first bearing on one side of the crownwheel and a second bearing on the other side of the crownwheel, the second bearing being located on an opposite side of an axial centerline of the pinion from a side of the axial centerline of the pinion on which the crownwheel is located; a differential housing situated between the bearings; and an undivided bearing seat located around the second bearing, the undivided bearing seat having a configuration of a complete annulus and having internally a complete circular shape; wherein: the bearing seat includes a first portion running in a circumferential direction which protrudes over the pinion towards the axial centerline of the pinion in a configuration which at least partly overlaps the pinion, all of the bearing seat being located on a single side of the axial centerline of the pinion; and the bearing seat is connected to the gear housing by second protruding portions of the bearing seat, protruding portions of the gear housing, and connectors, each of the connectors passing through a corresponding hole in the second protruding portions of the bearing seat and through a corresponding hole in the protruding portions of the gear housing.