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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/101 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/0098 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/02 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle control device includes a control unit configured to execute free-run traveling in which an engine is stopped and a clutch that transmits power of the engine to a drive wheel is disengaged, at a time acceleration is not requested during traveling. The control unit is configured to prohibit upshifting of a continuously variable transmission at least during execution of the free-run traveling, drive the engine from the free-run traveling state in response to an acceleration request, and upshift the continuously variable transmission at a time of returning to a normal traveling state in which the clutch is engaged.