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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:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Imaseki, Zushi, JP;
Yuji Kobari, Zushi, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442405 ; 36442601 ; 3644241 ; 748101 ; 748102 ; 180248 ; 180 791 ;
Abstract
A differential limiting force control system for controlling a slip limiting force by controlling an engagement force of a clutch assembly of a limited slip differential provided between left and right drive wheels of a vehicle includes a control unit having a basic control section for increasing the differential limiting force with increase of a vehicle speed, and an adjusting section for decreasing the differential limiting force when a steering angle is equal to or lower than a predetermined angle, or when a steering angular speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined angle.