Limited slip differential
US4922789A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 8, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H2200/2071
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A limited slip differential includes a differential carrier for supporting rotatably a differential case, surrounding the differential case and first and second frictional materials and having a piston chamber connected to an outside pressure source, a first piston disposed shiftably and unrotatably in the piston chamber, a second piston disposed rotatably together with the first frictional materials and shiftably along a rotary axis of the differential case and a thrust bearing disposed between the first and second pistons.
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