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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Toshihiro Shiimado, Anjo, JP;
Kazuomi Okasaka, Anjo, JP;
Yuuji Imanaga, Anjo, JP;
Tadashi Tamura, Toyota, JP;
Daisuke Inoue, Toyota, JP;
Hiroji Taniguchi, Toyota, JP;
Fumiharu Ogawa, Hekinan, JP;
Toshihiro Shiimado, Anjo, JP;
Kazuomi Okasaka, Anjo, JP;
Yuuji Imanaga, Anjo, JP;
Tadashi Tamura, Toyota, JP;
Daisuke Inoue, Toyota, JP;
Hiroji Taniguchi, Toyota, JP;
Fumiharu Ogawa, Hekinan, JP;
Aisin Aw Co. Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A driving force control apparatus for a vehicle includes an accelerator opening sensor that detects an accelerator opening for a vehicle, and an automatic transmission control device that controls an automatic transmission based on road information and the accelerator opening. The automatic transmission control device, in an interval prior to a deceleration required interval, controls an automatic transmission so as to ease a shifting operation that corresponds to a decrease in the accelerator opening.