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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Keiichi Hiwatashi, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Umetsu, Hiroshima, JP;
Osamu Sunahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Koichi Kimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Takahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisaku Ogawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Chikako Ohisa, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle control device which is applied to a vehicle equipped with an engine () and an engine torque adjustment mechanism for adjusting an engine torque. The control device comprises a PCM () configured, upon satisfaction of a condition that the vehicle is traveling and a steering angle-related value relevant to a steering angle of a steering device is increasing, to control the engine torque adjustment mechanism to reduce the engine torque, so as to execute a vehicle attitude control for generating vehicle deceleration. The PCM () is configured, upon satisfaction of a vehicle attitude control-terminating condition for terminating the vehicle attitude control, to control the engine torque adjustment mechanism to restore the engine torque to an original level of torque before the execution of the vehicle attitude control. The PCM () is further configured to gradually ease the vehicle attitude control-terminating condition, as the number of times of combustion per unit time in the engine () becomes smaller.