Patent ID: 6780136
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A combined differential gear device comprising:a first differential gear mechanism including a housing driven for rotation and a pair of output members rotated by said housing through at least one planetary gear; and a second differential gear mechanism including a casing disposed within said housing, a pinion gear rotatably disposed within said casing and a pair of side gears rotatably disposed within said casing with their axes aligned with each other and meshed with said pinion gear; said casing being divided into plural parts in a direction of the axes of said pair of side gears, one part of such divided parts, which supports said pinion gear, being rotatably disposed at said housing and non-rotatably connected to one of said pair of output members; another part of said divided parts, which supports one of said pair of side gears, being movable in a direction of the axes of said pair of side gears.