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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:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D Zalewski, Liverpool, NY (US);
Sankar K Mohan, Syracuse, NY (US);
Carl D Schleuder, Novi, MI (US);
Ellen M Fanning, Manlius, NY (US);
Timothy M Burns, Rochester, NY (US);
Douglas Conklin, Oneida, NY (US);
Assignee:
New Venture Gear, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
475 88 ; 475206 ; 180247 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an improved power transfer system for use in four-wheel drive vehicles having a transfer case equipped with a torque transfer arrangement that is operable for automatically controlling the drive torque delivered to the front and rear drivelines of the vehicle and establishing an on-demand four-wheel drive mode.