Patent ID: 8475321

Claim:
A differential assembly comprising: a gearset comprising first and second side gears and a plurality of pinion sets, each pinion set having a first pinion, which is meshingly engaged to the first side gear, and a second pinion that is meshingly engaged to both the second side gear and the first pinion gear; and a case assembly having a case structure, a case cover and a gearset mount, the case structure defining a cavity into which the gearset mount is received, the gearset mount defining a plurality of first pinion bores, a plurality of second pinion bores and a side gear pocket, the first pinions being received in the first pinion bores, the second pinions being received in the second pinion bores, the first side gear being received in the side gear pocket, the gearset mount being fixedly and non-rotatably coupled to the case cover, the case cover being separately coupled to the case structure.