F16D 2500/10431
4wd clutch dividing power between the front and the rear axle
Official title: 4WD Clutch dividing power between the front and the rear axle
F16D2500/10431 (4wd clutch dividing power between the front and the rear axle) appears on 162 US grants and 159 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16D- Granted patents
- 162
- Published applications
- 159
- Assignees
- 63
- Inventors
- 308
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rear wheel drive clutch control system of work vehicle15 Sep 2026US 12,734,879 B2Deere & Company
- Driveline component with a selective connection assembly21 Apr 2026US 12,607,234 B2GKN Automotive AG
- Method for controlling a clutch unit5 Sep 2023US 11,746,837 B2MAGNA Powertrain AG & Co KG
- Axle disconnect assembly15 Aug 2023US 11,725,702 B1Jtekt Automotive North America, Inc.
- Vehicle with engine power limiting based on clutch capacity8 Aug 2023US 11,718,174 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Vehicle driving apparatus and vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309220 A1Qi Automotive Co., Ltd.
- Inline drive assembly for four-wheel drive vehicle24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285148 A1The Hilliard Corporation
- Rear wheel drive clutch control system of work vehicle25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175678 A1Deere & Company
- Driveline component with a selective connection assembly30 Oct 2025US 2025/0334154 A1GKN Automotive AG
- Vehicle with engine power limiting based on clutch capacity1 Dec 2022US 2022/0379722 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Actuator for the frictional engaging device121US 4,895,236 AAisin-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Torque transfer device having an electric motor/brake actuator and friction clutch95US 6,808,053 B2New Venture Gear, Inc. · 2004
- Four-wheel drive system34US 4,821,604 AToyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989
- On demand vehicle drive system33US 5,492,194 ABorg-Warner Automotive, Inc. · 1996
- Variably controlled torque coupling device for on-demand all-wheel drive drivetrains29US 6,725,989 B1Torque-Traction Technologies, Inc. · 2004