Patents Assigned to Ste Pierre Ferry
  • Patent number: 5102378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a limited slip differential of the general type wherein when one of the driving wheels begins to slip or loses traction driving power is transmitted to the wheel retaining traction. The unique features of this invention involve utilizing engine input torque as the force for progressively actuating a clutch to couple differential elements to direct power to a driving wheel having traction; constantly sensing the differences between the engine input torque and the resistive torques of the driving wheels; and limiting the resistive torque of the driving wheels which can act in opposition to the clutch-applying force of the engine input torque to the differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Ste Pierre Ferry
    Inventor: Michel Gobert