摘要:
A power transmitting apparatus on a four-wheel-drive motor vehicle can distribute and transmit drive power from a power unit to front and rear drive road wheels such that the rotational speeds of the front and rear drive road wheels can differ from each other. The power transmitting apparatus includes a casing rotatable by the drive power from the power unit, an output shaft disposed in the casing, first and second planetary gear mechanisms disposed between the casing and the output shaft, the first and second planetary gear mechanisms comprising first and second ring gears fixed to an inner periphery of the casing, first and second sun gears aligned with the first and second ring gears, respectively, first and second planet gears meshing with the first ring and sun gears and the second ring and sun gears, respectively, and rotatable about their own axes and the ring gears, and a planet carrier coupled to the output shaft, the first and second planet gears being rotatably supported on the planet carrier, the first and second planetary gear mechanisms having different speed-changing ratios, one of the speed-changing ratios being selected such that the rear drive road wheels rotate faster than the front drive road wheels, first and second clutches coupled respectively to the first and second sun gears, respectively, for selectively holding the first and second sun gears nonrotatable thereby to enable the first and second planetary gear mechanisms to transmit the drive power, and a pair of variable-torque-transmitting clutches coupled to respective ends of the output shaft.
摘要:
An apparatus for controlling the distribution of drive power in an all-wheel-drive motor vehicle which has main drive wheels, auxiliary drive wheels, and a drive power transmitting system for transmitting the drive power to the auxiliary drive wheels. The apparatus has a hydraulic pressure source, a hydraulic system, a hydraulic clutch disposed in the drive power transmitting system, which varies the drive power transmitted to the auxiliary drive wheels, depending on the hydraulic pressure supplied from the hydraulic pressure source to the hydraulic clutch through the hydraulic system, and a control system for controlling the ratio at which the drive power is distributed between the main and auxiliary drive wheels, through regulation of the hydraulic pressure supplied from the hydraulic pressure source to the hydraulic clutch. The apparatus further includes a failure detecting system for detecting a failure of the hydraulic system, and a hydraulic pressure lowering system for lowering the hydraulic pressure supplied from the hydraulic pressure source to the hydraulic clutch when a failure of the hydraulic system is detected by the failure detecting system.