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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Shigeyuki Sakaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Shiomi, Sagamihara, JP;
Masahiro Omori, Ebina, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
In an accelerator pedal effort control apparatus which increases a pedal effort of an accelerator pedalwhen an accelerator opening angle is larger than a predetermined accelerator opening angle threshold value, in a case where a steering angle of a steering wheel when a vehicle driver starts to increase an opening angle of accelerator pedalis small, a pedal effort increment is a reference pedal effort increment (ΔF) and, in a case where the steering angle is large, is a relatively small pedal effort increment (ΔF−β). Thus, when the vehicle turns right or left from a stopped state, pedal effort increment (ΔF−β) is set to relatively be small so that a smooth acceleration becomes possible.