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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10710589 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2016

Vehicle control device

Applicant:

Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;

Inventors:

Naoyuki Tashiro, Tokyo, JP;

Toshio Hori, Ibaraki, JP;

Assignee:

HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD., Hitachinaka-Shi, JP;

Attorney:

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primary Examiner:

Stacey A Fluhart

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B62D 37/02 (2006.01); F16D 48/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/101 (2012.01); B60W 10/11 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/101 (2013.01); B60W 10/11 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 30/18072 (2013.01); B60W 30/18136 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B62D 35/007 (2013.01); B62D 37/02 (2013.01); F16D 48/06 (2013.01); B60W 2030/1809 (2013.01); B60W 2030/18081 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02);
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to reduce discomfort of a driver, by appropriately controlling a vehicle, when driving a vehicle capable of changing a plurality of different traveling states of a power transmission state and a traveling state of an engine during traveling. The present invention is a vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle having a power transmission mechanism which controls a power transmission state between an engine and an axle, and braking means. The vehicle control device includes, as vehicle traveling states, a power transmission engine stop traveling state in which power is transmitted by the power transmission mechanism and fuel supply to the engine is stopped to cause the vehicle to travel, and a power shutoff brake traveling state in which power from the power transmission mechanism is shut off, the fuel supply to the engine is stopped, the braking means is controlled so that the braking force is smaller than the power transmission engine stop traveling state, and the vehicle is caused to travel.

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