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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bunzo Seki, Saitama, JP;
Hideaki Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 4/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 4/700 ;
Abstract
To provide a two-wheel drive/four-wheel drive switching device for a vehicle capable of applying both rear braking and engine braking to front and rear wheels even when the vehicle is in a two-wheel drive mode. In a vehicle capable of running while switching between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive, when the rear wheel speed becomes lower than the front wheel speed in the two-wheel drive mode, switching to four-wheel drive mode is carried out.