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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Atsushi Kamada, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Yasushi Hanaki, Aichi-gun, JP;
Naoki Taki, Okazaki, JP;
Akira Nagasaka, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshinobu Nozaki, Anjo, JP;
Akira Nagae, Susono, JP;
Atsushi Kamada, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Yasushi Hanaki, Aichi-gun, JP;
Naoki Taki, Okazaki, JP;
Akira Nagasaka, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshinobu Nozaki, Anjo, JP;
Akira Nagae, Susono, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus including a brake mechanism that produces braking force through actuation of a first actuator, a shift mechanism that changes the shift position of a transmission through actuation of a second actuator, a controller that controls the electric power supplied to the first actuator and the electric power supplied to the second actuator; a first electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the controller; a second electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the first actuator; and a third electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the second actuator. An actuator control unit controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator from the second electric power supply unit or from the third electric power supply unit when the second actuator is not able to operate using electric power supplied from the first electric power supply unit.