Motor vehicles – Having four wheels driven
Patent
1978-06-23
1979-10-09
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Motor vehicles
Having four wheels driven
74473R, 74475, 180 70R, 192 99S, B60K 1734, B60K 4122
Patent
active
041702735
ABSTRACT:
A transmission apparatus for four-wheel drive motor vehicle comprising a sub-transmission adapted to transmit power of the engine to a main transmission, means for transmitting the output of the main transmission to the front axle and to the rear axle, clutch device provided in the means for transmitting the output of the main transmission for selectively connecting or disconnecting the transmission of the output to either of the front or rear axle, a shift rod shifting the clutch mechanism in the sub-transmission, an actuating rod slidably provided in parallel with the shift rod, a shift lever connected to the actuating rod, and a shift fork slidably mounted on the actuating rod and engaged with the clutch device. There is provided with first engaging mechanism for causing the actuating rod and shift fork to come into fixed engagement relation to each other within a first moving range of the shift lever, and second engaging mechanism provided for causing the actuating rod and shift rod to come into fixed engagement relation to each other within a second moving range of the shift lever adjacent the first moving range, whereby the motor vehicle may be driven at an economical higher speed range and at a powerful lower speed range.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2241002 (1941-05-01), Peterson
patent: 2242027 (1941-05-01), Fishburn
patent: 2821868 (1958-02-01), Gregory
patent: 3106851 (1963-10-01), Ivanchich
Kodama Masayuki
Makishima Sadao
Takano Toshio
Farber Martin A.
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Schrecengost R.
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