Claims
- 1. A differential comprising:
a differential case a pair of side gears rotatably disposed within said differential case; and a biasing element disposed between said side gears, said biasing element forcing each of said side gears against said differential case to create a torque bias between said side gears and said differential case.
- 2. The differential of claim 1 wherein said biasing element is a spring.
- 3. The differential of claim 1 wherein said biasing element creates a torque bias between said biasing element and said side gears.
- 4. The differential of claim 3 wherein the sum of the torque bias between said biasing element and said side gears and said side gears and said differential case is less than 50 N-m.
- 5. A differential comprising:
a differential case; a pair of side gears rotatably disposed within said differential case; a washer disposed directly between each of said side gears and said differential case; and a biasing element disposed between said side gears, said biasing element inducing an initial torque bias on said side gears.
- 6. The differential of claim 5 wherein said biasing element is a spring.
- 7. The differential of claim 6 wherein said initial torque bias includes a first torque bias between said biasing element and said side gears, a second torque bias between said washer and said side gear and a third torque bias between said washer and said differential case.
- 8. The differential of claim 5 wherein said initial torque bias is less than 50 N-m.
- 9. The differential of claim 5 wherein said washer includes a first surface in contact with one of side gears and a second surface in contact with said differential case.
- 10. A differential comprising:
a differential case; a pair of side gears coupled to a pair of pinion gears, said side gears and said pinion gears rotatably disposed within said differential case; a biasing element disposed between said pinion gears, said biasing element applying a force to said pinion gears to induce a torque bias on said pinion gears.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/443,830, filed Jan. 30, 2003, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference and constitutes part of this application.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60443830 |
Jan 2003 |
US |