Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Koichi Aono

Mitsuyuki Ouchi

A limited slip differential includes a differential carrier for supporting rotatably a differential case, surrounding the differential case and first and second frictional materials and having a piston chamber connected to an outside pressure source, a first piston disposed shiftably and unrotatably in the piston chamber, a second piston disposed rotatably together with the first frictional materials and shiftably along a rotary axis of the differential case and a thrust bearing disposed between the first and second pistons.

Limited slip differential

A differential control device for controlling the differential of a differential gear having a limited slip differential includes a sensor for detecting drive torque, a controller for receiving the detected torque from the sensor to compare the size of the torque with a predetermined value and an actuator. The actuator is controlled by the controller to operate the limited slip differential for limiting the differential when the detected torque exceeds the predetermined value.

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Koichi Aono