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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Hisanori Mitsumoto, Hadano, JP;

Tomohiko Niwa, Anjo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60K 17/35 (2006.01); B60W 40/107 (2012.01); B60W 40/109 (2012.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18145 (2013.01); B60K 17/35 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 40/107 (2013.01); B60W 40/109 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0657 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2520/125 (2013.01); B60W 2530/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/105 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A four-wheel drive force distribution apparatus for distributing drive forces to the wheels of a four-wheel drive vehicle, in which the distribution of drive force to the front inside wheel () and the distribution of drive force to the rear inside wheel () are adjusted based on a ground load of the front inside wheel () and a ground load of the rear inside wheel () when the vehicle is turning, and the distribution of drive force to the front inside wheel () compared with distribution of drive force to the rear inside wheel () is reduced the smaller the ratio of the ground load of the front inside wheel () to the ground load of the rear inside wheel () during turning.


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