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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2016
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Keiichi Hiwatashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Umetsu, Hiroshima, JP;
Osamu Sunahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Takahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Chikako Ohisa, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisaku Ogawa, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device comprises: a downshift control part () configured, upon issuance of a downshift request for downshifting an automatic transmission (), to execute a downshift control of downshifting the automatic transmission () and driving an engine torque regulating mechanism to increase an output torque of an engine (); a vehicle attitude control part () configured, upon satisfaction of a condition that the vehicle is traveling and a steering angle-related value pertaining to a steering angle of a steering device increases, to execute a vehicle attitude control of reducing the output torque of the engine () to generate deceleration of the vehicle so as to control vehicle attitude; and a downshift suppression part () configured, when the vehicle attitude control is executed, to suppress the execution of the downshift control.