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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Masayuki Arai, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/344 (2006.01); B60K 23/08 (2006.01); B60K 17/354 (2006.01); F16H 37/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/119 (2012.01); F16H 61/28 (2006.01); B60K 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/0808 (2013.01); B60K 17/344 (2013.01); B60K 17/354 (2013.01); B60K 23/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/119 (2013.01); F16H 37/065 (2013.01); F16H 61/28 (2013.01); B60K 17/08 (2013.01); B60K 2023/085 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0208 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/04 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0034 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic control unit switches a driving mode to a high-gear two-wheel driving mode when a first condition and a second condition are satisfied at the time of driving in a high-gear four-wheel driving mode, and switches the driving mode from the high-gear two-wheel driving mode to the low-gear driving mode when a third condition is satisfied in a state in which the first and second conditions are satisfied. Accordingly, it is possible to shorten a time required for switching to the low-gear driving mode after all of the first to third conditions are satisfied.