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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2010
Takeshi Kurata, Wako, JP;
Takahiro Eguchi, Wako, JP;
Ayae Ikuro, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus is configured to set a desired speed of an engine to be inputted to a CVT based on a vehicle speed and an accelerator opening AP, calculate a desired output of the engine based on the accelerator opening; calculate a correction coefficient based on the vehicle speed, and calculate a corrected desired output by correcting the desired output with the correction coefficient such that the vehicle speed reaches a regulatory vehicle speed when the accelerator opening AP reaches a fully-opened position, i.e., to vary the characteristics of the accelerator opening in accordance with the vehicle speed in the vicinity of the regulatory vehicle speed.