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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
May. 25, 2021
Gkn Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Takahiro Nagaoka, Tochigi, JP;
Ryuya Saitoh, Tochigi, JP;
GKN Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
A drive control apparatus includes a circuitry configured to operate a differential lock device of a differential device in timings which are different between a two wheel drive state and a four wheel drive state. The differential device is disposed between one of a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels of the vehicle and configured to transmit a driving force from a drive source to the one of the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels. The differential lock device is configured to lock a differential rotation of a pair of output members of the differential device that are differentially rotatable with respect to each other, and configured to respectively output the drive force.