Patent ID: 8460149

Claim:
A power transmitting component comprising: a housing having a pair of bearing mounting apertures and a pair of retaining ring grooves; a differential case received in the housing; a ring gear coupled to the differential case for common rotation; a pinion gear mounted in the housing and meshed to the ring gear; a pair of bearing mounts, each of the bearing mounts being received in a corresponding one of the bearing mounting apertures such that the differential case is disposed between the bearing mounts; a pair of differential bearings, each of the differential bearings being disposed between the differential case and a corresponding one of the bearing mounts; and a pair of retaining rings, each retaining ring being received into a corresponding one of the retaining ring grooves, the retaining rings being sized in thickness to control a pattern of mesh between the ring gear and the pinion gear and to maintain a predetermined preload on the differential bearings.