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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1988
Hans D Sommer, Graz, AT;
Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Vienna, AT;
Abstract
A motor vehicle comprises two driven axles, one of which is adapted to be disconnected from the drive member by a disconnecting clutch, which is adapted to be automatically disengaged by clutch control in response to a brake application. In order to decrease the structural expenditure whereas the reliability of the handling of the vehicle is not adversely affected the disconnecting clutch consists of a positive clutch, which when it has been disengaged in response to a brake application is adapted to be automatically re-engaged in response to a release of the brake pedal or an actuation of an accelerator pedal when the engine is running at a speed above a predetermined threshold.