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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2017
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Keiichi Hiwatashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisuke Umetsu, Hiroshima, JP;
Osamu Sunahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Yasunori Takahara, Hiroshima, JP;
Daisaku Ogawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Takahiro Kawamura, Hiroshima, JP;
Chikako Ohisa, Hiroshima, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
The vehicle control device is designed to control a vehicle equipped with an engine, and an automatic transmission comprising a torque converter with a lockup clutch. The vehicle control device comprises a controller configured to perform control of changing an engagement degree of the lockup clutch and to, when such a condition that the vehicle is traveling and a steering angle-related value as a parameter related to a steering angle of a steering apparatus of the vehicle increases is satisfied, reduce an output torque of the engine to generate a deceleration of the vehicle to thereby execute a torque reduction control for controlling an attitude of the vehicle. The controller is configured to reduce the output torque of the engine, in accordance with the engagement degree of the lockup clutch controlled by a lockup control.