| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7429227 |
Vehicular driving force distribution device |
September 30, 2008 |
| In a vehicular driving force distribution system, a left or right torque distribution clutch is selectively engaged to lock a carrier member or a sun gear of a planetary gear mechanism, whereby torque can be distributed between left and right wheels. Also, if a differential limitation cl |
| 7383910 |
Drive force control method for four-wheel drive vehicle |
June 10, 2008 |
| A drive force control method for a four-wheel drive vehicle having front wheels as main drive wheels always connected to a driving source, rear wheels as auxiliary drive wheels whose drive torque is adjustable, and a mechanism capable of adjusting a torque distribution ratio between the |
| 7264077 |
Drive force control method for four-wheel drive vehicle |
September 4, 2007 |
| A drive force control method for a four-wheel drive vehicle including a torque distributing mechanism capable of changing a drive force distribution ratio between front and rear wheels and a drive force distribution ratio between right and left front wheels or between right and left |
| 6857982 |
Limited slip differential |
February 22, 2005 |
| A differential with a differential action limiting mechanism includes a differential mechanism D for distributing the drive force of an internal combustion engine inputted into a differential case 28 to a left-hand axle shaft 13 and a half shaft 11 which continuously connects to a right- |
| 6597975 |
Vehicle co-operative control system |
July 22, 2003 |
| A vehicle co-operative control system is provided which suppresses the torque steer phenomenon by co-operatively controlling a driving force and/or braking force distribution device and an electric power steering device without changing the control device of the electric power steering |
| 6345218 |
Vehicle steering control system based on vehicle body side slip angle |
February 5, 2002 |
| In a four wheel steering vehicle, the rear wheels are steered so as to reduce a magnitude of the vehicle body side slip angular speed. Thus, whenever there is a rise in the vehicle body side slip angle which is directed outward with respect to the turning circle of the vehicle at an |
| 6233513 |
Method and system for computing a vehicle body slip angle in a vehicle movement control |
May 15, 2001 |
| Provided are a method and system for computing a vehicle body slip angle in the vehicle movement control so as to allow the vehicle movement to be controlled with an adequate response and stability for practical purposes even without directly detecting or accurately estimating the fricti |
| 6154696 |
Steering control system for controlling torque steer |
November 28, 2000 |
| In a steering control system for controlling torque steer in a vehicle equipped with an electric power steering device and a torque split arrangement for individually controlling traction and/or braking force of right and left wheels, a difference in traction and/or braking force bet |
| 6131054 |
Yaw moment control system in vehicle |
October 10, 2000 |
| A yaw moment control system is provided to eliminate an under-steering tendency generated due to the insufficiency of a cornering force of front driven wheels of a vehicle. More specifically, in place of a longitudinal acceleration Xg and a lateral acceleration Yg used for calculating th |
| 6064930 |
Yaw moment control system in vehicle |
May 16, 2000 |
| A yaw moment control system for a vehicle is provided to prevent the reduction of the turning performance during traveling of a vehicle at a low speed, which is designed, so that a driving force and a braking force are distributed to inner and outer wheels during turning of the vehicle i |
| 5896941 |
Suspension system for steered wheels in vehicle |
April 27, 1999 |
| A suspension system for the steered wheels of a vehicle include knuckles, the lower portions of which are pivotally supported at tip ends of a lower arm and a radius rod through two ball joints. Each of the steered wheels is steered about a phantom king pin axis passing through an inters |
| 5893812 |
Driving force distributing system for vehicle |
April 13, 1999 |
| A driving force distributing device is provided for distributing a driving force of an engine to the left and right wheels of a vehicle by bringing a pair of hydraulic clutches into and out of their engaged states. The distributing device includes a hydraulic pump mounted within a casing |
| 5692987 |
Power transmitting system for vehicle |
December 2, 1997 |
| A ring gear of a differential connected to an engine, and a sun gear and a planetary carrier are connected to left and right output shafts of the differential. A first pinion and a second pinion integrally formed and having different circle radii are carried on a carrier member which is |
| 5518463 |
Torque distributing mechanism for differential |
May 21, 1996 |
| A torque distributing mechanism includes a first and a second planetary gear mechanism. Among pairs of planetary carriers, ring gears and sun gears in these planetary gear mechanisms, one of the pairs are coupled to two output elements of a differential; another pair are relatively n |
| 5497845 |
Power transmitting system for vehicle |
March 12, 1996 |
| In a power transmitting system for distributing a torque to left and right driving wheels in a front engine and front drive vehicle, a transmission is connected to one end of an engine which is horizontally disposed at a front portion of a vehicle body, and a planetary gear type differen |
| 5496055 |
Suspension system for steered wheel |
March 5, 1996 |
| A suspension system for a steered wheel includes a knuckle for steerably supporting the steered wheel about a king pin axis, and upper and lower arms pivotally supported on a vehicle body and connected at free ends thereof to upper and lower portions of the knuckle, respectively. This |
| 5437583 |
Torque distributing mechanism for differential |
August 1, 1995 |
| A torque distributing mechanism includes a first and a second planetary gear mechanism. Among pairs of planetary carriers, ring gears and sun gears in these planetary gear mechanisms, one of the pairs are coupled to two output elements of a differential; another pair are relatively n |
| 5417298 |
Torque distribution control apparatus for vehicle |
May 23, 1995 |
| In a vehicle including a torque distributing device for distributing the torque of an engine to left and right driving wheels, a feed-forward control system determines a lateral distribution torque T.sub.1 from an engine torque T.sub.E, a number Ne of revolutions of the engine, a vehicle |
| 5409425 |
Torque distributing mechanism in differential |
April 25, 1995 |
| A torque distributing differential for distributing torque from an input element to two output elements and including a first planetary carrier connected to one of the two output elements of the differential and a sun gear coupled to the other of the two output elements. A second planeta |
| 5387161 |
Torque distributing mechanism in differential |
February 7, 1995 |
| A torque distributing differential for distributing torque from an input element to two output elements and including a first planetary carrier connected to one of the two output elements of the differential and a sun gear coupled to the other of the two output elements. A second planeta |
| 5287941 |
Drive wheel torque controlling system for vehicle |
February 22, 1994 |
| A drive wheel torque control system for a vehicle includes control means for controlling a variable differential motion limiting device provided between drive wheels to distribute a predetermined LSD torque from a racing drive wheel to a nonracing drive wheel. The control means includes |
