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Patent No.:

US 12570143 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2024

Control apparatus for vehicle

Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masaki Morikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuya Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;

Noriaki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Natsuki Ito, Tochigi, JP;

Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

CKC & PARTNERS CO., LLC

Primary Examiner:

Michael A Berns

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/06 (2006.01); B60L 7/26 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/06 (2013.01); B60L 7/26 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/18127 (2013.01); B60L 2240/642 (2013.01); B60L 2250/24 (2013.01); B60L 2260/20 (2013.01); B60W 2510/184 (2013.01); B60W 2530/00 (2013.01); B60W 2552/15 (2020.02); B60W 2710/1005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a control apparatus for vehicle that improves operability for a driver. A control apparatus for vehicle switches the vehicle to a freewheeling mode in which power generated by an engine is not transmitted to drive shafts. The control apparatus for vehicle includes: a motor; a battery; friction brake equipment that generates frictional braking force on the vehicle; a temperature sensor that acquires temperature of the friction brake equipment; and a determiner that assesses the temperature of the friction brake equipment acquired by the temperature sensor. The friction brake equipment generates the friction braking force when the battery is fully charged. The freewheeling mode is deactivated in a case where the temperature of the friction brake equipment exceeds a predetermined temperature while the battery is fully charged and the vehicle is in the freewheeling mode.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Morikawa, Masaki. (2026). Control apparatus for vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 12570143). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12570143

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