Patent ID: 7448978

Claim:
A differential with a drive pinion ( 22 ), which drives a differential cage ( 2 ) via a ring gear ( 1 ), the ring gear ( 1 ) drives axle output shaft gears ( 4 ) via differential gears ( 3 ), the axle output shaft gears ( 4 ) each being connected to a drive output shaft ( 5 ), with a disk brake ( 6 ) having at least first and second rotating disks ( 8 , 11 ) and at least one outer static disk ( 14 ), such that at least the first rotating disk ( 8 ) is connected to the axle output shaft gears ( 4 ) and the at least one outer static disk ( 14 ) is connected to a differential housing ( 12 ), at least the second rotating disk ( 11 ) is connected to the differential cage ( 2 ) so that, when the brake ( 6 ) is engaged, the axle output shaft gears ( 4 ) and the differential cage ( 2 ) are braked relative to the differential housing ( 12 ), and the differential housing ( 12 ) has a sufficiently large opening which allows passage of a pre-assembled differential, including the ring gear ( 1 ), the differential cage ( 2 ), the differential gears ( 3 ), the axle output shaft gears ( 4 ) and an outer disk carrier ( 13 ) for supporting the at least one outer static disk ( 14 ), therethrough.