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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1989
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A drive mechanism of the limited slip type having driving and driven members to be drivingly connected, wherein a friction clutch is operatively associated with the driving and driven members to drivingly connect the members in its engaged condition, and a fluid pump is arranged between the driving and driven members to be driven by relative rotation therebetween and located adjacent one side of the clutch, the fluid pump being movable in a direction to effect engagement of the clutch when applied at one side thereof with a discharge pressure thereof, and wherein a communication passage for fluid circulation is connected at one end thereof to a discharge port of the pump and at the other end thereof to a suction port of the pump, and a flow control valve is disposed in the communication passage to control an amount of fluid under pressure passing through the communication passage.