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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Kohei Horiike, Toyota, JP;
Kunihiro Iwatsuki, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/35 (2006.01); B60K 23/08 (2006.01); F16D 48/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/119 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/08 (2013.01); B60K 17/35 (2013.01); B60K 17/3515 (2013.01); F16D 48/06 (2013.01); B60K 23/0808 (2013.01); B60K 2023/0858 (2013.01); B60W 10/119 (2013.01); F16D 2500/10431 (2013.01); Y10T 477/68 (2015.01); Y10T 477/689 (2015.01);
Abstract
Even in the case where it is difficult to increase an engine torque (Te) during switching when a running is switched to a 4WD running or a 2WD running during a 2WD_d running, an alternative control section suppresses a fluctuation in the driving force of a four-wheel drive vehicle, hence it is possible to suppress a switching shock and an unnatural feeling of deceleration occurring during the switching to the 4WD running or the 2WD running.