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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2007
Applicants:

Toshio Masuda, Tokyo, JP;

Kenichi Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Kenji Hijikata, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Satomura, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Oishi, Tokyo, JP;

Toyohide Sunaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshio Iwakami, Tokyo, JP;

Munenori Homma, Tokyo, JP;

Atsushi Atake, Tokyo, JP;

Kouji Kaneda, Tokyo, JP;

Tatsuru Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;

Minoru Yuki, Tokyo, JP;

Masayuki Ushiki, Tokyo, JP;

Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Masahito Motoi, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Shibata, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Ogiwara, Tokyo, JP;

Katsumasa Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;

Junzo Shinozuka, Tokyo, JP;

Akihisa Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Toshio Masuda, Tokyo, JP;

Kenichi Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Kenji Hijikata, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Satomura, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Oishi, Tokyo, JP;

Toyohide Sunaguchi, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshio Iwakami, Tokyo, JP;

Munenori Homma, Tokyo, JP;

Atsushi Atake, Tokyo, JP;

Kouji Kaneda, Tokyo, JP;

Tatsuru Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;

Minoru Yuki, Tokyo, JP;

Masayuki Ushiki, Tokyo, JP;

Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Masahito Motoi, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Shibata, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Ogiwara, Tokyo, JP;

Katsumasa Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;

Junzo Shinozuka, Tokyo, JP;

Akihisa Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a driving force control unit for a vehicle having an accelerator opening degree detecting unit for detecting accelerator opening degree, a driving condition detecting unit for detecting engine driving condition, a driving force setting unit for setting a driving force indication value according to a plurality of different driving force characteristics based on the accelerator opening degree and the engine driving condition, a selector for selecting a driving force characteristic from the plural of different driving force characteristics by manipulation. The driving force setting unit setting the driving force indication value according to the selected driving force characteristic.


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