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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yuichi Kawamoto, Akashi, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/830 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/830 ;
Abstract
A differential limiting mechanism produces a changeable differential limiting torque. A differential limiting mechanism operating lever is disposed so as to be operated and turned by a hand gripping a handgrip attached to a handlebar. The operating lever is interlocked with the differential limiting mechanism so that the differential limiting torque varies according to an angle through which the operating lever is turned. A lever stopping mechanism stops the operating lever at an angular position for producing a predetermined maximum differential limiting torque.