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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1991
Sadao Namioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device for a four wheel drive motor vehicle is disclosed, which comprises an input shaft; a rear wheel output shaft arranged coaxial with the input shaft; a front wheel output shaft arranged in parallel with the input shaft; a center differential for distributing torque, applied thereto from the input shaft, to both the rear and front wheel output shafts through rear and front torque transmitting ways respectively; a differential control device operatively interposed between the rear and front torque transmitting ways to control a slip which may occur between the rear and front wheel output shafts; and a torque transmitting mechanism for transmitting the distributed torque from the center differential to the front wheel output shaft, wherein the center differential, the torque transmitting mechanism and the differential control device are supported by and aligned along the rear wheel output shaft in this order, and the rear wheel output shaft is supported by a bearing at a position between the torque transmitting mechanism and the differential control device.