Differential mechanism

Claim 1

A DIFFERENTIAL COMPRISING: A ROTATABLE DIFFERENTIAL CASE; A PAIR OF SIDE GEARS IN SAID CASE ADAPTED TO BE OPERATIVELY ENGAGED BY A PAIR OF AXLES ENTERING OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID CASE; A PLURALITY OF FIRST PINION GEARS IN A FIRST ORBIT IN MESHING ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE OF SAID PAIR OF SIDE GEARS; A PLURALITY OF SECOND PINION GEARS IN A SECOND ORBIT IN MESHING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF SIDE GEARS; AT LEAST ONE OF SAID FIRST PINIONS BEING IN MESHING ENGAGEMENT WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SECOND PINIONS; A FIRST PLURALITY OF SUPPORT MEMBERS INSERTBLE IN SAID DIFFERENTIAL CASE, AND ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH ONE END OF THE PINIONS IN SAID FIRST ORBIT AND IN RADIAL FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TEETH OF THE PINIONS IN SAID SECOND ORBIT; A SECOND PLURALITY OF SUPPORT MEMBERS INSERTABLE IN SAID DIFFERENTIAL CASE, AND ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH ONE END OF THE PINIONS IN SAID SECOND ORBIT AND IN RADIAL FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TEETH OF THE PINIONS IN SAID FIRST ORBIT; EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SUPPORT MEMBERS HAVING PINION SUPPORTING SURFACES ON ONE SIDE THEREOF AND CASE CONTACTING SURFACE PORTIONS ON THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF, SAID CASE CONTACTING PORTIONS BEING COOPERABLE WITH COMPLEMENTARY SHAPED INTERIOR SURFACES OF SAID CASE TO PREVENT ROTATION OR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS WHEN ONE SIDE OF SAID MEMBERS ARE SUBJECTED TO SAID RADIAL FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT BY SAID PINIONS; SAID PINIONS, AND THE SUPPORT MEMBERS THEY ARE ADAPTED TO BE RADIALLY ENGAGED WITH, BEING MOUNTED RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER SO THAT THE TEETH OF SAID PINIONS WILL BEAR ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS WITH AN INCREASING FRICTIONAL FORCE AS THE TORQUE TRANSMITTED BY THE PINIONS INCREASE.