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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
May. 18, 2000
Nobuki Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Nakanishi, Oyama, JP;
Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A front and rear wheel load distribution control unit which provides excellent driving operability of a coupled vehicle and improves durability of a driving unit. To this end, the control unit is a front and rear wheel load distribution control unit for a coupled vehicle with a front vehicle ( ) and a rear vehicle ( ) being coupled, including an inter-axle differential lock ( ) between a front axle ( ) and a rear axle ( ) for eliminating a rotational differential between the front axle ( ) and the rear axle ( ), and includes a crossing angle detecting sensor ( ) for detecting a crossing angle of the front vehicle ( ) and the rear vehicle ( ), a front axle rotation sensor ( ) for detecting rotation of the front axle ( ), a rear axle rotation sensor ( ) for detecting rotation of the rear axle ( ), and control means ( ) for operating the inter-axle differential lock ( ) in response to a crossing angle signal from the crossing angle detecting sensor ( ), a rotation signal from the front axle rotation sensor ( ), and a rotation signal from the rear axle rotation sensor ( ).