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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Naoki Kawamura, Takasago, JP;
Satoru Watabe, Akashi, JP;
Inventors:
Naoki Kawamura, Takasago, JP;
Satoru Watabe, Akashi, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of controlling an engine for a vehicle including increasing an amount of air taken into the engine to an amount larger than an idling air amount corresponding an idling engine speed, when an engine speed of the engine is predetermined value or more, a throttle valve for controlling the amount of air taken into the engine has not been operated to be opened, and a clutch is in an off-state not to permit transmission of a drive force from the engine to a running drive element of the vehicle.