CONTROLLER FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE

• Main Authors: URABE, Yuichi, KAWASAKI, Tomohiro, KAMEI, Yuichi, HINO, Ryoichi, ASANO, Kei, WAKO, Takayuki, HIRAYAMA, Atsuro
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 21.03.2018
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A controller for a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a multi-information display (40), a first operation part (5) for switching of drive modes, a second operation part (6) for switching of off-road traveling modes, a transfer controller (1) that controls the arrangement of a transfer device (13) based on the drive mode, a detector (8) that detects the arrangement of the transfer device (13), a setter (2b) that sets the traveling mode based on the detected arrangement and input operations to the first and second operation parts (5, 6), and a display controller (3) that instructs the multi-information display (40) to display the drive mode based on the input operation to the first operation part (5) and the detected arrangement and to display the traveling mode set by the setter (2b). The display controller (3) displays the drive mode and the traveling mode on a window (41) when the switched drive mode is a locked drive mode and simultaneously turns off these modes after a predetermined time.