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Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022

Filed:

May. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Tomonori Ono, Yatomi, JP;

Go Nagayama, Toyama, JP;

Assignee:

JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/348 (2006.01); B60K 17/22 (2006.01); B60K 23/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/348 (2013.01); B60K 17/22 (2013.01); B60K 23/04 (2013.01); B60K 23/08 (2013.01); B60K 2023/043 (2013.01); B60K 2023/0858 (2013.01);
Abstract

A four-wheel drive vehicle includes right and left main drive wheels and right and left auxiliary drive wheels, and a drive force transmission system configured to constantly transmit a drive force of a drive source to the right and left main drive wheels and to transmit the drive force to the right and left auxiliary drive wheels depending on a vehicle state. The drive force transmission system includes a differential device, a propeller shaft, a drive force transmission device configured to adjust the drive force that is transmitted from the propeller shaft to the right and left auxiliary drive wheels, and an electronic control unit configured to control the drive force transmission device.


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