US 12,403,764 B2
Controllable differential system and vehicle having the controllable differential system
Walid Ben Attouch, Sherbrooke (CA); Francois-Charles Dumas, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton (CA); and Patrick Leroux, Granby (CA)
Assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt (CA)
Filed by BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt (CA)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/616,350.
Application 18/616,350 is a division of application No. 17/772,764, granted, now 11,958,353, previously published as PCT/IB2020/060215, filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/928,793, filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0227552 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 23/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/35 (2006.01); F16H 48/34 (2012.01); F16H 48/20 (2012.01)
CPC B60K 17/35 (2013.01) [B60K 23/04 (2013.01); F16H 48/34 (2013.01); B60K 2023/046 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/124 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/405 (2013.01); F16H 2048/204 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a frame;
a motor connected to the frame;
a rear drivetrain connected to the frame and operatively connected to the motor;
a front drivetrain connected to the frame and operatively connected to the motor, the front drivetrain comprising a lockable front differential;
a controller operatively connected to the lockable front differential; and
a manual override control operatively connected to the controller,
the controller being adapted for controlling the motor to limit a speed of the motor in response to the front differential being locked and the manual override control not being activated,
the controller being adapted for disabling the limit to the speed of the motor in response to the manual override control being activated.