Patent ID: 8506440

Claim:
A crown gear differential assembly for use in the driveline of a motor vehicle, comprising: a differential carrier which is rotatingly drivable around an axis of rotation (A); two sideshaft gears each rotatably held in said differential carrier on said axis of rotation (A), wherein each of said sideshaft gears comprises a sideshaft gear axis, crown gear teeth, and a sideshaft gear axial projection extending axially with regard to said respective sideshaft gear axis; each of said sideshaft gear axial projections comprising a conical supporting face coaxial to said respective sideshaft gear axis; differential gears configured to rotate jointly with said differential carrier around said axis of rotation (A) and to engage said sideshaft gears, each of said differential gears comprising a differential gear axis, differential gear teeth, and a differential gear axial projection extending axially with regard to said respective differential gear axis; each of said differential gear axial projections comprising a conical contact face coaxial to said respective differential gear axis; wherein each of said differential gears is supported by said respective conical contact face against said conical supporting faces of said sideshaft gears so that each of said differential gears is prevented from moving radially inwardly towards said axis of rotation (A).