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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2005
Applicant:
Atsushi Mori, Wako, JP;
Inventor:
Atsushi Mori, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/62 (2006.01); B60K 17/344 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control method for a four-wheel drive vehicle such that the control is changed in braking the vehicle, includes the steps of detecting an ON/OFF status of a braking operation, detecting an accelerator opening or throttle opening greater than or equal to a predetermined value and setting the status of the braking operation to be OFF, for purposes of the control method, when the detected acceleration opening or throttle opening is greater than or equal to the predetermined value simultaneously with a detection of the status of the braking operation to be ON.