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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Takeaki Suzuki, Susono, JP;
Masaki Matsunaga, Odawara, JP;
Yasunari Kido, Hadano, JP;
Takayuki Kogure, Susono, JP;
Yukari Okamura, Gotenba, JP;
Rentaro Kuroki, Susono, JP;
Takuya Hirai, Susono, JP;
Masaki Mitsuyasu, Kawasaki, JP;
Jonggap Kim, Hadano, JP;
Akihiro Sato, Nagoya, JP;
Yusuke Kinoshita, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A running control device has an engine coupling running mode enabling an engine brake running mode performed by coupling an engine and wheels with an engine brake applied by driven rotation of the engine, and an inertia running mode performed with an engine brake force lower than that of the engine brake running mode. The running control device includes a steering wheel steering angle as a condition of terminating the inertia running mode. The running control device performs a first inertia running mode with the rotation of the engine stopped and a second inertia running mode with the engine rotating. The first inertia running mode is terminated when the steering angle becomes equal to or greater than a predefined first determination value. The second inertia running mode is terminated when the steering angle becomes equal to or greater than a predefined second determination value larger than the first determination value.