Patent ID: 8113979

Claim:
A differential for an automotive driveline, the differential comprising: a differential housing; first and second bevel side gears received in the differential housing and disposed about a rotational axis; a first pinion shaft received through the differential housing; a first set of bevel pinions rotatably disposed on the first pinion shaft and meshingly engaged with the first and second bevel side gears; a second set of bevel pinions meshingly engaged with the first and second bevel side gears; and a retainer assembly comprising a retainer structure, first and second pin portions and a plurality of pin members, the retainer structure being disposed radially inwardly of the first and second sets of bevel pinions, the first and second pin portions and the first pinion shaft cooperating to non-rotatably couple the retainer structure to the differential housing, wherein the pin members are received longitudinally into a wall of the retainer structure.