US Patent: 1,354,937
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Differential gearing
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Patentee:
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John S. Alcorn (exact or similar names) - New Haven, CT |
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Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Oct. 05, 1920 |
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Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for Alcorn & Ames; Alcorn Machine Co.
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Description: |
The invention is a type of limited-slip differential that allows normal differential operation when the difference between the speed of the two half-axles is small but which behaves like a solid axle when one of the wheels loses traction, as on a wet or icy patch of road. |
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