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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/16 (2006.01); B60R 15/04 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); F16H 59/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/16 (2013.01); B60R 15/04 (2013.01); F16H 59/50 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0069 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01259 (2013.01); B60R 21/0153 (2014.10);
Abstract
The control device controls a vehicle towing a trailer. The control device is configured to determine whether or not a user is present in the trailer when a shift range is in the parking range. The control device is configured to ignore a shift range switching operation by a driver when the shift range switching operation is performed while a user is present in the trailer.