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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
Kaiji Itabashi, Susono, JP;
Gohki Kinoshita, Toyota, JP;
Kaiji Itabashi, Susono, JP;
Gohki Kinoshita, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A sprung mass damping control system of a vehicle is provided. The sprung mass damping control system includes a sprung mass damping controller that sets a sprung mass damping control amount for damping sprung mass vibrations that occur in a vehicle body in response to an input from a road or a driver-requested torque, and a drive controller that controls an output of a vehicle drive unit so as to achieve the sprung mass damping control amount, thereby to execute sprung mass damping control. The drive controller is configured to permit or inhibit execution of the sprung mass damping control according to at least one of operating conditions of the vehicle, status conditions of the vehicle and driver's requests.