Patent ID: 8047946
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A differential case for a vehicle comprising: a case body accommodating a pair of side gears and shaftless pinion gears engaging in mesh with said side gears, axes of said pinion gears being perpendicular to axes of side gears; and a pinion gear supporter accommodated in said case body and having a pinion gear supporting portion to install said pinion gear in a recess space of said pinion gear supporter and to support slidably an outer peripheral surface of said pinion gear for rotation of said pinion gear, wherein said pinion gear supporter accommodated in said case body has interconnected portions respectively slidably supporting the outer peripheral surfaces of a pinion gears, wherein said interconnected portions are connected at a connecting portion positioned between said pair of side gears, and wherein said pinion gear supporter is constructed as said letter X, and a width of both sides of said pinion gear supporter is smaller than a width of a middle portion of said pinion gear supporter.