Patent ID: 6013004
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A differential interconnecting a pair of shafts, comprising:a housing rotatable about a common axis of the output shafts and defining an internal chamber, first and second pinion pockets communicating with said chamber, and openings for receiving end segments of the shafts extending into said chamber;a first side gear rotatably supported in said chamber and adapted to be fixed for rotation with one of the shafts;a second side gear rotatably supported in said chamber and adapted to be fixed for rotation with the other of the shafts;a first pinion having a first gear segment and a first shaft segment, said first pinion is rotatably supported in said first pinion pocket such that said first gear segment is meshed with said first side gear;a second pinion having a second gear segment and a second shaft segment, said second pinion is rotatably supported in said second pinion pocket such that said second gear segment is meshed with said second side gear and said first gear segment; anda brake shoe encircling said first shaft segment and having first, second and third support surfaces, said first support surface mating with an outer surface of said first side gear, said second support surface mating with an outer surface of said second gear segment, and said third support surface mating with a wall surface of said first pinion pocket.