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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Company, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 76 ; 74650 ; 74710 ; 747105 ; 180248 ; 192 8713 ; 192 8718 ;
Abstract
A limited-slip differential gear unit has end adjustable slip-limitation according to the operation mode of the adjustable suspension system. A control system for the limited-slip differential gear unit, which controls the slip-limitation is associated with a suspension control system to receive therefrom a suspension mode indicative signal to select one of a plurality of preset characteristics to derive a slip-limit control signal. The limited-slip differential gear unit includes a slip-limit adjusting mechanism which is responsive to the control signal for adjusting the slip-limitation to be generated by the limited-slip differential gear unit.