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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Atsugi, JP;
Masahiro Iriyama, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshinobu Kawamoto, Atsugi, JP;
Masahiro Iriyama, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/12 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02P 5/15 (2006.01); F16H 61/14 (2006.01); F16H 63/50 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); F02D 33/00 (2006.01); F16H 59/18 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/123 (2013.01); B60W 10/026 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); F02D 33/006 (2013.01); F02D 41/005 (2013.01); F02D 41/022 (2013.01); F02D 41/12 (2013.01); F02D 41/126 (2013.01); F02P 5/1504 (2013.01); F16H 61/143 (2013.01); F16H 63/50 (2013.01); B60W 2030/1809 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0695 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/46 (2013.01); F02D 2200/101 (2013.01); F02D 2200/602 (2013.01); F02D 2400/12 (2013.01); F16H 2059/186 (2013.01); Y02T 10/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
When an accelerator pedal is released while a vehicle is running, a lockup clutch is unlocked. Simultaneously, ignition timing is retarded and a fuel-cut operation to stop fuel supply to an internal combustion engine is performed. However, when it is predicted that a fuel recovery is to be performed after unlocking the lockup clutch, execution of the fuel-cut operation is prohibited. A shock due to the fuel recovery after the fuel-cut operation performed when the accelerator pedal is released is thereby prevented.