Patent ID: 6349809
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
A torque distributing system for use in a motor vehicle comprising, in combination,an input, a pair of outputs, adapted to drive a respective pair of tire and wheel assemblies, a modulating clutch disposed between said input and each of said pair of outputs, said modulating clutches having a first plurality of clutch discs disposed for rotation with said input, a second plurality of clutch discs interleaved with said input, first plurality of clutch discs and disposed for rotation with a respective one of said pair of outputs and an operator for frictionally engaging said first and said second pluralities of clutch discs, a pair of elongate members each having a flange defining an annular surface adapted to engage one of said clutch discs and a stop spaced from said flange, said modulating clutches disposed in a respective one of said pair of elongated members between said flange and said stop, a pair of sensing assemblies for sensing respective speeds of said pair of outputs, and a microprocessor operably associated with said pair of sensing assemblies and having a pair of electrical outputs driving a respective one of said operators.