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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Osamu Kameda, Hiroshima, JP;
Masami Masuno, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshitaka Nomoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Youichi Hiraoka, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7466 / ; 7460 / ; 180247 ; 180248 ; 184 112 ;
Abstract
A driving power transfer apparatus for four-wheel drive automotive vehicles, has a primary output shaft for providing driving power for a rear propeller shaft and a secondary hollow output shaft for providing driving power for a front propeller shaft, and a drive power transfer, such as a fluid coupling, mounted on the secondary output shaft, for variably transmitting the driving power to the secondary output shaft from the primary output shaft. The secondary shaft is connected to a front propeller shaft via a splined sliding yoke.