Patent ID: 6681878
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: B60G,B60W,B60Y,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An axle assembly comprising:an axle case for accommodating right and left driving axles, said axle case forming therein an opening; a differential gear device accommodated within said axle case through the opening of the axle case; a lid connected with the axle case so as to cover the opening; an input shaft for operatively receiving the driving force from an engine; wherein said differential gear device includes: a ring gear having a gear portion formed on a first side surface thereof, said first side surface facing the input shaft and being positioned along the axis of the driving axles, for being operatively connected with the input shaft, and forming an axle hole through which an inner end of one of the right and left driving axles relatively rotatably passes; a differential cage being relatively non-rotatably connected with the ring gear via a second side surface of the ring gear, said second side surface facing away from the input shaft and positioned along the axis of the driving axles, and forming therein an axle hole through which an inner end of the residual one of the right and left driving axles relatively rotatably passes, so that the inner ends of the right and left driving axles face to each other; said lid including a first support member for supporting said input shaft and a second support member for supporting said differential gear device; and wherein said first and second support members are displaced along the lengthwise direction of the right and left driving axles.