Patent ID: 7563190

Claim:
A differential carrier for a differential drive, which differential carrier is supported so as to be rotatable around its longitudinal axis (A) and which is rotatingly drivable, comprising: two output gears which are supported in the differential carrier coaxially relative to the longitudinal axis (A); and a plurality of differential gears which are rotatably supported on a cross member, said cross member having at least three bearing arms extending radially relative to the longitudinal axis (A) and being held in the differential carrier, said differential gears meshingly engage the output gears, wherein two first bearing arms of the cross member positioned opposite one another are connected to one another and form at least one central transverse aperture, and wherein at least one second bearing arm of the cross member is produced separately from said two first bearing arms and comprises a first portion with a first diameter (d) for being inserted into the at least one transverse aperture, a second portion with a greater second diameter (D) for receiving the associated differential gear, as well as a transition portion connecting the first and the second portion and having a continuously increasing diameter.