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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.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisamitsu Koga, Okazaki, JP;
Tomiji Owada, Okazaki, JP;
Masaaki Kato, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuyuki Kawamura, Okazaki, JP;
Naotake Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuya Furukawa, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
303152 ; 303 20 ; 180165 ;
Abstract
According to the present invention, the operating amount of the brake is detected, and the target value of the regenerative torque is set in accordance with the detected operating amount. In the meantime, the change in the detected operating amount along with time is detected, and the rise speed of the regenerative torque is set in accordance with the detected change along with time. The regenerative torque is controlled in accordance with the set target value of the regenerative torque and the set rise speed.