Patent · US Expired

Differential gearing

US5055096A · kind A · utility

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4References

17Claims

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Assignee

GKN Automotive Limited · DE

Inventors

Helmut Riemscheid · Lohmar, DE
Herbert Frielingsdorf · Lohmar, DE
Klaus Greulich
Peter Amborn · Neunkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 25, 1990
Grant date	Oct 8, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H48/285
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A differential gearing comprises a carrier (1); output gears (3, 11); and differential gears (4, 5) in two sets meshing respectively with the output gears and directly or indirectly with one another. The differential gears are disposed asymmetrically about the carrier so that a resultant radial force acts on the output gears urging them into engagement with recesses in the carrier (1) or a support member (7) therein, so that the frictional inhibition of the differential action is increased.

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