Rear End Gear Box Cover for Racing Cars

摘要

A rear end gear box cover for a racing car is formed with a fixed base plate and a removable top plate. The base plate is fixed to the rear end housing by multiple fasteners while the top plate is removable from the base plate. The top plate includes a pair of opposing cam members carrying connector pins for engagement with receiver mounts formed on the base plate. A cam driver on the top plate has a central connector member that when rotated drives a pair of opposing cam pins carried in a slotted opening on the cam members outwardly to force the connector pins into openings in the receiver mounts and secure the top plate to the base plate. A detent mechanism in each of the slotted openings retains the cam members in a locked position. A quarter turn of the connector member retracts the connector pins.

主权项

1. A cover for a rear end gear box on a vehicle having an engine and a rear axle, said rear end gear box having a housing and being operable to transfer rotational power from said engine to said rear axle, comprising:
a base plate secured to said housing, said base plate having a central opening therethrough; a top plate detachably secured to said base plate to cover said central opening in said base plate, said top plate having a cam mechanism engaging said base plate and being operable through a central cam driver to move said cam mechanism between a locked position in which said top plate is secured to said base plate and an unlocked position in which said top plate can be removed from said base plate.