Patent ID: 9592816
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B60W,Y02T,Y10T

Claim:
1. A power transmitting apparatus comprising: a pair of drive units connected respectively to a left drive wheel and a right drive wheel of a vehicle, the drive units having respective clutches configured to selectively transmit and block drive power from respective prime movers, wherein the drive power from one of the prime movers is transmittable to one of the left and right drive wheels via one of the clutches and the drive power from another of the prime movers is transmittable to another of the left and right drive wheels via another of the clutches; and a controller configured to detect respective power transmitting capabilities of the respective clutches, calculate a difference between the power transmitting capabilities of the respective clutches, and adjust the drive power from the one or other prime mover or the power transmitting capabilities of the clutches if the difference between the power transmitting capabilities of the respective clutches is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.