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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:
Jul. 13, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Osamu Kameda, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180248 ; 74866 ; 180247 ; 3644241 ;
Abstract
A differential limiter for a vehicle is provided with a hydraulic multi-disc clutch for limiting a differential operation between at least two wheels, an inhibitor switch for detecting a gear position of a transmission mechanism, and controller for changing a differential limiting force by the clutch in accordance with a change in transmission position detected by the inhibitor switch.