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Patent No.:

US 9108634 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2011

Vehicle drive control apparatus

Applicant:

Kuniaki Niimi, Toyota, JP;

Inventor:

Kuniaki Niimi, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Thomas Tarcza

Assistant Examiner:

Alex C Dunn

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02D 29/02 (2006.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/108 (2013.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); F02D 29/02 (2013.01); F02N 11/0837 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60W 2030/1809 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/142 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0801 (2013.01); F02N 2200/124 (2013.01); Y02T 10/48 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle drive control device in a vehicle has an engine and an electric motor for running, the vehicle running with at least one of the engine and the electric motor for running used as a drive power source for running, the vehicle drive control device rotating the engine remaining in a no-drive state if a vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined determination vehicle speed during vehicle running with the engine in the no-drive state, the vehicle drive control device making the determination vehicle speed higher when a gradient of a running road surface on which the vehicle is running is larger, the gradient having a positive direction corresponding to descent.

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