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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Masayoshi Suhama, Toyota, JP;
Hideto Hanada, Toyota, JP;
Masaki Okamura, Toyota, JP;
Hiroaki Kioka, Nishio, JP;
Ken Iwatsuki, Anjo, JP;
Masayoshi Suhama, Toyota, JP;
Hideto Hanada, Toyota, JP;
Masaki Okamura, Toyota, JP;
Hiroaki Kioka, Nishio, JP;
Ken Iwatsuki, Anjo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Aw Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
When an electric vehicle outputs a torque instruction, firstly, a request torque is acquired and a judged whether the acquired request torque is positive or negative (S) Regardless of the sign of the request torque, it is judged whether the eco-switch is ON (S, S) If the request torque has a positive sign and the eco-switch is OFF, a map A is selected (S). If the eco-switch is ON, a map B which limits the maximum torque to a low value for the map A is selected (S). If the request torque has a negative sign, a map C is selected regardless of the eco-switch ON/OFF state and the maximum torque is not limited (S).