Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Four wheel drive vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 四轮驱动车
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Application No.: US14193735Application Date: 2014-02-28
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Publication No.: US08845474B2Publication Date: 2014-09-30
- Inventor: Yoshitaka Kochidomari , Eiji Kashu , Tomoyuki Ebihara
- Applicant: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: F16H37/08
- IPC: F16H37/08 ; B60K23/08

Abstract:
In a four-wheel drive vehicle, a first transaxle is disposed on one of front and rear sides of a power unit so as to be drivingly connected to one of front and rear ends of a transmission output shaft of the power unit. A second transaxle is disposed on the other of the front and rear sides of the power unit. A clutch-brake unit includes a clutch and a parking brake. An input shaft of the second transaxle is divided in the clutch-brake unit into upstream and downstream divisional shafts. The upstream divisional shaft is drivingly connected to the other of the front and rear ends of the transmission output shaft. The downstream divisional shaft is drivingly connected to right and left second drive wheels carried by the second transaxle. The clutch is interposed between the upstream and downstream divisional shafts. The parking brake is disposed on the upstream divisional shaft. When the parking brake is shifted to a braking state, the clutch having been disengaged is automatically engaged.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140248994A1 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2014-09-04
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