B60K 17/3462
With means for changing distribution of torque between front and rear wheels
Official title: {with means for changing distribution of torque between front and rear wheels}
B60K17/3462 (With means for changing distribution of torque between front and rear wheels) appears on 450 US grants and 283 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60K- Granted patents
- 450
- Published applications
- 283
- Assignees
- 156
- Inventors
- 761
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 8 | 4 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Actuator for the frictional engaging device121US 4,895,236 AAisin-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Vehicle control96US 7,349,776 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2008
- Coupling apparatus for full time four wheel drive87US 4,031,780 AChrysler Corporation · 1977
- Driving torque distribution control system for vehicle and the method thereof83US 5,742,917 AFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Vehicle drive system having first and second operating modes and method of operating same82US 4,381,828 AAmerican Motors Corporation · 1983