Patent ID: 7850567

Claim:
A differential drive with a rotatably arranged differential carrier in which a first sideshaft gear and a second sideshaft gear are arranged, wherein a multi-plate coupling is arranged so as to be effective between the differential carrier and the second sideshaft gear, said multi-plate coupling comprising a hub and a plate package, said hub of said multi-plate coupling being produced so as to be integral with said second sideshaft gear, the differential carrier comprising a dish-shaped carrier part in which there are received the first and second sideshaft gears and differential gears, and a dish-shaped cover which receives the plate package of the multi-plate coupling, and an actuator for actuating the multi-plate coupling, wherein the plate package of the multi-plate coupling is axially supported against the dish-shaped carrier part, and the actuator is supported outside of the dish-shaped carrier cover, wherein the dish-shaped carrier part and the dish-shaped cover each comprise a connecting portion arranged so as to oppose one another to inter-connect the carrier part with the cover such that the carrier part and cover are oriented to extend away from each other at the connecting portions, wherein the cover, on its circumference, comprises apertures and blades, and wherein the blades are associated with the apertures and have a centripetal effect on a surrounding medium.