The terms differential, transfer box and final drive are sometimes used imprecisely; in addition, these mechanisms are often integrated in the same subsystem in a wide variety of combinations. In this chapter we introduce definitions that should help to clarify this issue.

    The differential is a mechanism that allows the torque from an input shaft to be divided into two predetermined parts, flowing through two output shafts; torque ratios are independent of the speed ratios of the same shafts.


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    Title :

    Differentials and Final Drives


    Published in:

    The Automotive Chassis ; Chapter : 13 ; 505-531


    Publication date :

    2009-01-01


    Size :

    27 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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