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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kentarou Arai, Saitama-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 3/102 ; B60L 1/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 3/102 ; B60L 1/114 ;
Abstract
Either the front wheels and rear wheels of a front wheel- and rear wheel-drive vehicle are driven by an engine and the other thereof are driven by an electric motor. The electric motor is operated when the vehicle starts. A driving torque detecting circuit detects a driving torque of wheels to be driven by the engine. Control circuit prohibits the operation of the electric motor when the driving torque to be detected at vehicle start-up exceeds a predetermined value.