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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Hideki Tamoto, Toyota, JP;
Takahiro Yoshimura, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/346 (2006.01); F16D 27/118 (2006.01); B60K 23/08 (2006.01); F16D 11/00 (2006.01); F16D 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 27/118 (2013.01); B60K 17/3462 (2013.01); B60K 23/0808 (2013.01); F16D 2011/004 (2013.01); F16D 2023/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
A movable sleeve of a second clutch is provided between a cylindrical ring gear and a cylindrical shaft of a differential case of a differential gear unit. In a disconnect mode in which a propeller shaft is disconnected from rear wheels, the cylindrical ring gear is disconnected from the differential case by the movable sleeve of the second clutch. Thus, in the disconnect mode, a fully differential state of the differential gear unit is prevented.