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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2005
Applicants:
Hirofumi Kamishima, Toyota, JP;
Takanori Sakamoto, Toyota, JP;
Tadayuki Nagai, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/10 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The ECT_ECU performs a step of determining that an ON failure has occurred in a depressing force switch when the depressing force switch is turned ON while a brake lamp switch is OFF, and setting a flag F; a step of determining whether the brake lamp switch, which is turned OFF at a position on a release side with respect to a depressing force switch setting position, has been turned OFF, when the flag F has been set; and a step of increasing commanded pressure for engaging an input clutch as rapidly as possible, when the brake lamp switch has been turned OFF.