Patent ID: 7001302

Claim:
A differential drive comprising: a drive housing in which a differential carrier ( 14 ) is rotatably supported around its longitudinal axis (A); pre-assembled modules each comprising a sideshaft gear ( 18 , 19 ), an outer joint part ( 30 , 31 ) of a constant velocity joint and a rolling contact bearing ( 12 , 13 ), the module being insertable into the drive housing ( 11 ), wherein the sideshaft gears ( 18 , 19 ) are supported so as to be rotatable around said longitudinal axis (A) relative to the differential carrier ( 14 ) and are directly connected to the outer joint parts ( 30 , 31 ) of the constant velocity joints; and differential gears ( 22 ) which are supported in the differential carrier rotatably around axes (R) extending radially relative to the longitudinal axis (A), said differential gears ( 22 ) engaging the sideshaft gears ( 18 , 19 ) and rotating together with the differential carrier ( 14 ), wherein the differential carrier ( 14 ) forms journals ( 16 , 17 ) which extend co-axially relative to the longitudinal axis (A) and by means of which the differential carrier ( 14 ) is rotatably supported in the sideshaft gears ( 18 , 19 ) and wherein the sideshaft gears ( 18 , 19 ) are rotatably supported in the drive housing ( 11 ), and wherein the rolling contact bearings ( 12 , 13 ) are angular contact rolling bearings, and wherein outer bearing races ( 12 A , 13 A ) of the angular contact rolling bearings ( 12 , 13 ) have an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of the outer joint parts ( 30 , 31 ), so as to be axially slipped over the outer joint parts ( 30 , 31 ).