Nissan Motor Company Limited

Suzuki Motor Corporation

Hideyuki Saeki

Kouichi Shimizu

Masanori Aoyagi

Tatsuya Kamata

Hideki Kawashima

Hideaki Ohtsuka

Kaho Takabayashi

A vehicle drive force control apparatus is provided that can stabilize the output of the electric motor even if the engine rotational speed experiences an acute change. The output of an engine is delivered to the left and right front wheels through a transmission and also to an electric generator. The output voltage of the electric generator is supplied to an electric motor and the output of the electric motor drives the left and right rear wheels. The drive force control device predicts if the rotational speed of the engine will decrease or increase acutely based on the upshifting and downshifting of the transmission and adjusts the field current of the electric generator up or down before the acute change in the engine rotational speed occurs.

Vehicle drive force control apparatus

A vehicle comprises a motor () and a wet clutch () for transmission of torque output of the motor to road wheels of the vehicle and transmission of road load from the road wheels to the motor (). The wet clutch is disengaged in response to a clutch disengagement control signal. Accounting for clutch drag state of the wet clutch, a controller () selects one out of various values as threshold (Voff). The controller () determines that the wet clutch be disengaged when a parameter indicative of the actual vehicle speed has a predetermined relationship with the threshold. The controller () generates the clutch disengagement control signal upon determining that the wet clutch be disengaged.

Vehicle with clutch for transmission of torque output of motor

A vehicle driving force control apparatus is configured to provide a vehicle drive force control apparatus that can expand the operating region within which an electric motor can be driven in a stable manner. The output of an engine is delivered to the main drive wheels through a transmission and also to an electric generator. The output voltage of the electric generator is supplied to the electric motor and the output of the electric motor drives the subordinate drive wheels. When it is determined that the generator output voltage will not be sufficient to meet the requirement of the electric motor, the amount of acceleration slippage allowed at the left and front wheels is increased.

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Zama, Japan

Hideyuki Saeki