Patent ID: 6066063
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A differential apparatus comprising:a differential gear mechanism includinga differential case to be driven to rotate with (drive power from an engine,a pinion gear rotatably supported on the differential case, anda pair of side gears as output members coupled to each other through the pinion gear; anda difference limiting clutch to be let in with a meshing reaction force of either side gear, the difference limiting clutch comprisingslidingly rotatable sloped surfaces provided on a side on which either side gear is disposed and on a side the differential case is disposed, respectively, wherein:the difference limiting clutch is rotatable relative to either side gear and the differential case;the either side gear and the differential case have frictional coefficients thereof substantially equivalent to each other; andan average friction coefficient of the sloped surface on the differential case side is larger than an average friction coefficient of the sloped surface on the side gear side.