Method and apparatus for automatically assembling side gears, pinions and pinion shaft within differential case

摘要

Method and apparatus for automatic assembling of a differential gear device, wherein a pair of pinions are introduced by a pinion support device into the chamber of a differential case through respective openings formed through the case, and the pinions are rotatably held between a pair of side gears disposed within the chamber, at respective symmetrical positions which are symmetrical with each other with respect to an axis of rotation of the side gears, so that the pinions are brought into meshing engagement with the side gears by a gear meshing device while one of the side gears is rotated about its axis by a rotating device and while the pinions are held at the respective symmetrical positions.