Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driving force distribution control apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 驱动力分配控制装置
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Application No.: US14637705Application Date: 2015-03-04
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Publication No.: US09561720B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Kotaro Sarai , Tomoaki Kato , Hiroto Kawano , Daisuke Kofu , Yasushi Yagi
- Applicant: JTEKT Corporation , Mazda Motor Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi JP Aki-gun
- Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION,MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION,MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi JP Aki-gun
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2014-048729 20140312
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/00 ; G06F19/00 ; B60K23/08 ; B60K17/35

Abstract:
A driving force distribution control apparatus includes: a driving force transmission device including a clutch which can change distribution of a driving force to front wheels and rear wheels of a four-wheel drive vehicle; and a controller which controls an engagement force of the clutch in accordance with a traveling state. The controller includes a different-diameter tire detector which detects an attachment of a different-diameter tire to one of the front wheels and the rear wheels when a rotation speed ratio between the front wheels and the rear wheels continues to be equal to or larger than a reference rotation speed ratio for a predetermined time. The different-diameter tire detector performs detection of the attachment of the different-diameter tire when it is determined that the wheels are unlikely to slip based on an outside condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150258889A1 DRIVING FORCE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-09-17
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