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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisaku Ogawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Umetsu, Hiroshima, JP;
Osamu Sunahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Takahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Yuichiro Akiya, Hiroshima, JP;
Chikako Ohisa, Aki-gun, JP;
Atsushi Yamasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Keiichi Hiwatashi, Aki-gun, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device is provided, which includes a drive source configured to generate torque as driving force of a vehicle, a transmission torque control mechanism configured to control transmission torque to drive wheels according to the generated torque, and a processor configured to execute a vehicle attitude controlling module to perform a vehicle attitude control by controlling the transmission torque control mechanism to reduce the transmission torque so as to decelerate the vehicle when a starting condition that the vehicle is traveling and a steering angle related value increases is satisfied, and then, when a given terminating condition is satisfied, controlling the mechanism to resume the transmission torque back to the torque before being reduced. The transmission torque is controlled so as to cause a yaw rate that occurs in the vehicle while the vehicle attitude control is performed, to be lower than an upper limit yaw rate.