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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2011
Akihiro Kida, Toyota, JP;
Masashi Takagi, Nagoya, JP;
Michihito Shimada, Toyota, JP;
Shinya Kodama, Toyota, JP;
Motonari Obayashi, Susono, JP;
Hiroshi Shimada, Mishima, JP;
Takamasa Kitamura, Nagoya, JP;
Akito Oonishi, Nagoya, JP;
Akihiro Kida, Toyota, JP;
Masashi Takagi, Nagoya, JP;
Michihito Shimada, Toyota, JP;
Shinya Kodama, Toyota, JP;
Motonari Obayashi, Susono, JP;
Hiroshi Shimada, Mishima, JP;
Takamasa Kitamura, Nagoya, JP;
Akito Oonishi, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
When simultaneous depression of an accelerator pedal () and a brake pedal () is detected, an electronic control unit () inhibits a downshift of an automatic transmission () and performs output suppression control for an engine (), thereby making it possible to suppress the increase of vehicle drive force caused by the downshift and maintain a constant vehicle deceleration rate by an easier operation.