Patent ID: 9651132
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F16H

Claim:
1. A differential assembly comprising, in combination, a ring gear having a plurality of teeth and a first plurality of openings oriented parallel to a first axis, a differential hub having a first flange with a second plurality of openings oriented parallel to said first axis and a first center opening on said first axis adapted to receive a first axle, a differential housing having a second flange with a third plurality of openings oriented parallel to said first axis, said openings including threads, a second center opening on said first axis adapted to receive a second axle, a pair of iron inserts, each of said inserts having an end flange proximate an outside surface of said differential housing, a plurality of external, axially extending ribs and a pair of through openings on a second axis perpendicular to said first axis, a stub shaft disposed in said through openings in said iron inserts, a pair of idler gears disposed on said stub shaft and a pair of side gears disposed on said first axis and in constant mesh with said pair of idler gears.