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Transmission system with intermediate differential for all-wheel drive vehicle

US4714129A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 3, 1986
Grant dateDec 22, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H48/26
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An all wheel drive for a motor vehicle including a limited slip intermediate differential arranged between the front and rear axles of the vehicle. A plate clutch is included for providing a rotational moment as a function of the rotational speed difference relationship characteristic, to be transferred to the front axle from the rear axle which is different from the rotational moment transferred to the rear axle from the front axle.

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