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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:
Aug. 13, 1991
Filed:
May. 11, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fumiki Sato, Saikai, JP;
Hirofumi Iritani, Saikai, JP;
Assignee:
Kubota, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180247 ; 180248 ; 180338 ; 743375 ;
Abstract
In a four-wheel drive work vehicle selectively drivable in a standard four-wheel drive mode, an accelerated four-wheel drive mode and in a two-wheel drive mode, the invention provides an improved drive-mode switching operability through a linearly operable link mechanism for operatively connecting one operational system for directly operating a shift fork member with another operational system for operating the same via a cam member connected to a steering wheel.