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Patent No.:

US 9242577 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2014

Vehicle including regeneration level selector for motor

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventor:

Kuniaki Niimi, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Thomas G Black

Assistant Examiner:

Tyler Paige

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/42 (2007.10); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 7/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/2009 (2013.01); B60L 1/003 (2013.01); B60L 3/0015 (2013.01); B60L 7/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 2210/14 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/34 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/441 (2013.01); B60L 2240/443 (2013.01); B60L 2240/445 (2013.01); B60L 2250/10 (2013.01); B60L 2250/16 (2013.01); B60L 2250/24 (2013.01); B60L 2250/26 (2013.01); Y10S 903/947 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distance sensor detects a distance to an object in front of a vehicle. An ECU executes pre-crash control when the detected distance becomes equal to or smaller than a prescribed value. A regeneration level selector selects a regeneration level of a motor in accordance with driver's operation. A motor makes regenerative braking force at the time of turning off an accelerator larger when the selected regeneration level is high than when the selected regeneration level is low. The ECU makes the prescribed value larger when the selected regeneration level is low than when the selected regeneration level is high.

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