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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2011
Kensuke Ito, Ebina, JP;
Yasushi Tomita, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuto Koyama, Yokohama, JP;
Masato Kondou, Isehara, JP;
Yuuki Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Ikuhiro Taniguchi, Atsugi, JP;
Kensuke Ito, Ebina, JP;
Yasushi Tomita, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuto Koyama, Yokohama, JP;
Masato Kondou, Isehara, JP;
Yuuki Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Ikuhiro Taniguchi, Atsugi, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
An abnormal torque evaluation apparatus is applied to an electrically driven vehicle configured to drive left and right driving wheels independently with respective electric motors and also configured to independently drive the left and right driving wheels by means of the electric motors driven responsively to respective torque commands. Also provided are a yaw jerk detection means for detecting a yaw jerk and an abnormal torque evaluator for evaluating, based on the yaw jerk, the presence or absence of the occurrence of abnormal motor torque at the electric motors.