Patent ID: 8857293

Claim:
A power transmitting component comprising: a housing assembly having a first housing structure, a second housing structure and a gasket, the first and second housing structures being fixedly but removably coupled to one another to define a cavity and a shaft bore, the shaft bore being formed through the housing assembly along a shaft axis and intersecting the cavity, the first housing structure having a first wall member, a pair of first end walls, a pair of first bearing bulkheads, a first seal flange, and a pair of saddles, the first end walls being coupled to opposite sides of the first wall member and cooperating with the first wall member to define a first portion of the cavity, the first bearing bulkheads being coupled to the first wall member and being spaced apart along the shaft axis, the first seal flange being coupled to the first wall member and the first end walls and extending about the cavity, each of the saddles being arch-shaped and coupled to a corresponding one of the first end walls, the shaft bore being formed through the first end walls and the saddles, the second housing structure having a second wall member, a pair of second end walls, a pair of second bearing bulkheads, and a second seal flange, the second end walls being coupled to opposite sides of the second wall member and cooperating with the second wall member to define a second portion of the cavity, the second bearing bulkheads being coupled to the second wall member and being spaced apart along the shaft axis, each of the second bearing bulkheads cooperating with a corresponding one the first bearing bulkheads to define a respective portion of the shaft bore, the second seal flange being coupled to the second wall member and the second end walls and extending about the cavity, the second seal flange being configured to abut the first seal flange, the second end walls defining saddle recesses into which the saddles are received, the gasket being received between the first and second seal flanges and between the saddles and surfaces of the saddle recesses to thereby seal an interface between the first and second housing structures; and a shaft received between the first and second bearing bulkheads and rotatable relative to the housing assembly.