Controller of four-wheel drive vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9950618
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14989020

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A controller of a four-wheel drive vehicle includes a first operation part that switches drive mode of the vehicle; a second operation part that switches off-road traveling modes indicating traveling modes for off-road driving of the vehicle; a transfer controller that controls the arrangement of a transfer device in accordance with the drive mode; a detector that detects the arrangement of the transfer device; a determiner that determines whether a switching of the traveling modes is permitted or not based on the drive mode and the arrangement detected by the detector; and a setter that sets the traveling modes of the vehicle based on the detected arrangement and input operations to the first operation part and the second operation part when the determiner determines the switching of the traveling modes is permitted, and maintains the current traveling mode when the determiner determines the switching of the traveling modes is not permitted.

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MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO JAPAN HONG KONG PORT 5 ZHI DING NO 33 TOKYO TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Asano, Kei Tokyo, JP 4 7
Hirayama, Atsuro Tokyo, JP 2 7
Kato, Tomo Tokyo, JP 5 36
Kawasaki, Tomohiro Tokyo, JP 85 654
Kohara, Yutaka Tokyo, JP 5 168
Tanabe, Wataru Tokyo, JP 2 11
Wako, Takayuki Tokyo, JP 3 8
Yoshida, Shuichi Tokyo, JP 42 548

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