Protector for a differential gear casing of a vehicle

• US 4,325,444 A
• Filed: 06/24/1980
• Issued: 04/20/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
• Inventors: Anami, Yuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): SONG, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US06/162,439
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 180/70, 180/71, 180/73 R, 298/1 R, 298/1 SG, 280/762, 280/770, 293/1 R, 293/123, 293/141, 293/DIG. 1, 293/118, 293/132
• US Class Current: 180/346
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 17/00 Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles clutches per se, e.g. construction thereof, F16D; gearing per se, e.g. construction thereof, F16H

Abstract

A protector for a differential gear casing of a vehicle including a pair of suspension cylinders for the differential gear casing, the protector being pivotally mounted at its upper end to a frame of the vehicle in such a way that it is pivotable about a horizontal axis at right angles with the advancing direction of the vehicle, the protector having mounted thereon a cushion pad which is urged to contact with the differential gear casing by a pair of springs provided between the lower end of the protector and the differential gear casing.

Claims

1. A protector for a differential gear casing of a vehicle, comprising:

a frame of the vehicle;

a pair of suspension cylinder means for suspending said differential gear casing, one end of each of said suspension cylinder means being pivotally mounted to said frame and the other end of which is coupled to said differential gear casing;

protector means pivotally mounted at its upper end to said frame, said protector means being pivotable about a horizontal axis at right angles with the advancing direction of the vehicle;

first cushion means mounted on said protector means; and

spring means provided between the lower end of said protector means and said differential gear casing for biasing said protector means toward said differential gear casing and thereby contacting said first cushion means with said differential gear casing.

2. A protector for a differential gear casing as recited in claim 1 further comprising a pair of second cushion means each being adapted to contact with said respective suspension cylinder means.