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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Katsuhiko Yamaguchi, Nisshin, JP;
Eiji Fukushiro, Tokai, JP;
Inventors:
Katsuhiko Yamaguchi, Nisshin, JP;
Eiji Fukushiro, Tokai, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 50/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2006.01); F16H 63/42 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); F16H 63/42 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1092 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0221 (2013.01); F16H 2063/426 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y10T 477/68 (2015.01);
Abstract
An ECU selects, in accordance with operation by a driver, either one of a manual shift mode in which a shift range can be manually changed through the operation by the driver and an engine rotation speed is controlled in accordance with a selected shift range and an automatic shift mode in which the engine rotation speed is controlled so as to reduce an amount of fuel consumption as compared with that in the manual shift mode. The driver is recommended to make a change from the manual shift mode to the automatic shift mode when the manual shift mode is selected.