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Torque distribution control in a motor vehicle

  • US 7,832,518 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2007
  • Issued: 11/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling a transfer case clutch, comprising:

  • (a) determining that vehicle wheel brakes are applied;

    (b) determining that an accelerator pedal of the vehicle is depressed less than a reference magnitude;

    (c) determining repetitively that a rate of change of the average front wheel speed is greater than a rate of change of the average rear wheel speed; and

    (d) setting the torque capacity of the clutch to a target magnitude.

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