LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL AND TWO-WAY DIFFERENTIAL CLUTCH OF FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE

• Main Author: SAWASE KAORU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.02.1998
• Edition: 6
• 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; BLASTING; BRAKES; CLUTCHES; COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make smooth lock/unlock changing-over in good responsiveness of differential gears which distributes the power to the front and rear wheels, and subsidiarily, establish a degree of freedom in terms of layout when power transmitting member(s) such as front/rear wheel output elements is/are to be connected. SOLUTION: The drive force from a drive device 21 is fed from an input element 26, wherein the configuration includes a differential device 24 which distributes the power to a front wheel output element 31 for transmission to the drive shaft 47 for the front wheels and a rear wheel output element 33 for transmission to the drive shaft 36 for the rear wheels and a two-way clutch 55 which is installed between two of the elements 31, 33, and 26 and couples them together when the revolving speed of the rear wheel side element 33 exceeds the revolving speed of the front wheel side element 31.