Patent ID: 7604562
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: B60K,F16H

Abstract:
1. A drive axle for a light vehicle comprising: a chain drive; and a differential, wherein: the differential includes a differential cage with balance pinion gears and axle pinion gears at a side of a pair of necks, the axle pinion gears being radially journaled in the differential cage or the necks and being axially supported in the differential cage; and proximal ends of axial shafts are plugged rotationally fixedly and displaceably in the axle pinion gears, the axial shafts being supported in a radial bearing at a distal end of the necks of the differential cage and even further outwardly from the distal end of the necks in a fixed bearing connected to the vehicle, wherein a respective brake disk is seated on the axial shafts between the radial bearings and the axial bearings; and wherein a washer disk is provided between the distal end of the necks and the brake disks.