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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1988
Katsuhiko Masuda, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhiko Shimada, Saitama, JP;
Tetsuro Hamada, Saitama, JP;
Kazunori Shibuya, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo K.K., , JP;
Abstract
To the end of eliminating the problems arising from substantially rigid connection between a front wheel set and a rear wheel set in a four-wheel drive vehicle, there is provided a power transmission system in which a torque-dependent power transmission device is provided between the front wheel set and the rear wheel set so that both the wheel sets are substantially rigidly connected to each other in a low torque range and rotational power is transmitted only from the front wheel set to the rear wheel set in a high torque range. The power transmission device of this kind can be conveniently formed by a parallel combination of a one-way clutch and a torque limiter.