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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Keiichi Hiwatashi, Aki-gun, JP;
Yasunori Takahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisaku Ogawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Umetsu, Hiroshima, JP;
Chikako Ohisa, Aki-gun, JP;
Koichi Kimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device is provided, which includes an engine including an ignition plug oriented inside a combustion chamber, a component provided in or near an exhaust passage of the engine, a processor configured to execute a vehicle attitude controlling module for controlling an attitude of a vehicle by retarding an ignition timing of the ignition plug to reduce an engine torque so as to decelerate the vehicle, when a condition is satisfied, the condition being that the vehicle is traveling and a steering angle related value that is related to a steering angle of a steering device increases, and a torque reduction restricting module for restricting a reduction amount of the engine torque as at least one of an engine load and an engine speed increases during the vehicle attitude control.