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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1987
Manabu Hiketa, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle four wheel drive system including an engine located in the front part of the vehicle body adjacent to the front wheel axles with the output shaft arranged to extend transversely of the vehicle body. A transmission is provided at a side of the engine and has an input shaft connected with the output shaft of the engine through a power clutch. On the front wheel axles, there is a front inter-wheel differential gear mechanism. At a side of the inter-wheel differential gear opposite to the engine, there is an inter-axle differential gear and a transfer gear is located at a side of the inter-axle differential gear opposite to the inter-wheel differential gear. There is further provided a differential restricting device which may be a differential lock device or a differential limiting device. The device is located at a side of the transfer gear opposite to the inter-axle differential gear.
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