Patent ID: 7393141

Claim:
A differential for an automotive vehicle, said differential comprising: a housing containing a bearing seat that is located along an axis; the bearing seat having an internal thread provided with multiple crests; a carrier that rotates in the housing about the axis for distributing torque to two axle shafts while accommodating for variations in velocity between the axle shafts; and an antifriction bearing supporting the carrier in the housing, the bearing including an inner raceway carried by the carrier and being presented away from and inclined with respect to the axis; an outer race located in the bearing seat and having a raceway that is presented inwardly toward the inner raceway and is inclined with respect to the axis in the same direction as is the inner raceway, the outer race having an external thread that is engaged with the internal thread of the bearing seat and a cylindrical surface that lies along multiple crests for the internal thread of the bearing seat, and rolling elements located between the inner raceway and the outer raceway of the outer race.