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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Shigeki Takami, Anjo, JP;
Kiyotomo Miura, Anjo, JP;
Satoru Wakuta, Anjo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control unit for a vehicle including a controller that determines whether shifting of a stepped transmission is necessary, and increases output torque of a first drive unit and decreases output torque of a second drive unit in correspondence with an increase of the output torque of the first drive unit, the increase and the decrease being performed prior to shifting of the stepped transmission when a determination is made that shifting is necessary.