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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:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph A Dick, Ft. Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 841 ; 180233 ; 192 94 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an electronic clutch control mechanism for use in a vehicle transmission such as a four wheel drive transfer case which is utilized to control engagement of a clutch between two wheel drive, automatic ('on demand' four wheel drive), and 'part-time' four wheel drive operating modes.