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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Kentarou Arai, Saitama, JP;
Koji Kuroda, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Kentarou Arai, Saitama, JP;
Koji Kuroda, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power transmission apparatus T of a four wheel drive vehicle is provided with a multiple disc clutch C engaged in accordance with a difference between rotational speeds of a front wheel Wf and a rear wheel Wr and a gear ratio of a second gear mechanismfor transmitting rotation of the rear wheel Wr to an output shaftof the multiple disc clutch C is set to be larger than a gear ratio of a first gear mechanismfor transmitting rotation of the front wheel Wf to an input shaftof the multiple disc clutch C.