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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masatoshi Noguchi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/08 (2006.01); B60K 6/20 (2007.10); B60K 17/354 (2006.01); B60K 17/356 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60K 6/52 (2007.10); B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B60K 6/448 (2007.10); B60K 6/442 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/08 (2013.01); B60K 6/442 (2013.01); B60K 6/448 (2013.01); B60K 6/52 (2013.01); B60K 17/354 (2013.01); B60K 17/356 (2013.01); B60K 23/0808 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 20/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/02 (2013.01); B60K 2023/085 (2013.01); B60K 2023/0858 (2013.01); B60W 2520/125 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6243 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6265 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7258 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a vehicle such that drive state can be suitably selected in a configuration including an internal combustion engine, and a vehicle control method. In a vehicle and a method of controlling the same, different values are set for a first switching threshold value for switching from a first independent drive state (in which one of a front wheel and a rear wheel is driven) to a combined drive state, and for a second switching threshold value for switching from a second independent drive state (in which the other of the front wheel and the rear wheel is driven by an internal combustion engine) to the combined drive state.