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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Jonggap Kim, Hadano, JP;
Masaki Mitsuyasu, Kawasaki, JP;
Rentaro Kuroki, Susono, JP;
Takuya Hirai, Susono, JP;
Masaki Matsunaga, Odawara, JP;
Yasunari Kido, Hadano, JP;
Takeaki Suzuki, Susono, JP;
Takayuki Kogure, Susono, JP;
Yukari Okamura, Gotenba, JP;
Akihiro Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Yusuke Kinoshita, Toyota, JP;
Jonggap Kim, Hadano, JP;
Masaki Mitsuyasu, Kawasaki, JP;
Rentaro Kuroki, Susono, JP;
Takuya Hirai, Susono, JP;
Masaki Matsunaga, Odawara, JP;
Yasunari Kido, Hadano, JP;
Takeaki Suzuki, Susono, JP;
Takayuki Kogure, Susono, JP;
Yukari Okamura, Gotenba, JP;
Akihiro Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Yusuke Kinoshita, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine, a clutch separating the engine and wheels, and a torque converter with a lockup clutch transmitting power of the engine toward the wheels, the running control device of a vehicle is configured to execute a neutral inertia running mode that is an inertia running mode performed while the engine and the wheels are separated and a cylinder resting inertia running mode performed by stopping operation in at least some of cylinders of the engine while the engine and the wheels are coupled, the lockup clutch has a weak engagement force while the neutral inertia running mode is performed as compared to while the cylinder resting inertia running mode is performed.