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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 11607953 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2021

Vehicle control system

Applicant:

Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naohiko Hirosumi, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Inoue, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroyuki Akiyama, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

Primary Examiner:

Roger L Pang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/14 (2012.01); B60K 23/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/0808 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/14 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60K 2023/0841 (2013.01); B60W 2520/14 (2013.01); B60W 2540/18 (2013.01); B60W 2552/35 (2020.02); B60W 2552/40 (2020.02); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2710/12 (2013.01); B60W 2710/125 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle control system to be mounted in a hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a center differential that includes a front-wheel-side output portion and a rear-wheel-side output portion and distributes torque outputted from the engine to a front wheel and a rear wheel, a limited slip differential mechanism that limits a differential between the front-wheel-side output portion and the rear-wheel-side output portion, and a motor disposed in a drive-power transferring system that transfers drive power from the rear-wheel-side output portion to the rear wheel. The vehicle control system includes a processor. When the hybrid electric vehicle is switched from a first traveling mode to a second traveling mode, the processor stops the engine while causing the limited slip differential mechanism to limit the differential between the front-wheel-side output portion and the rear-wheel-side output portion.

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