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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2015
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kaneta, Wako, JP;
Taisuke Nimura, Wako, JP;
Masayuki Fujita, Wako, JP;
Yoshiaki Sawano, Wako, JP;
Shunya Ishikawa, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Makita, Wako, JP;
Yasushi Fujimoto, Wako, JP;
Eiji Kittaka, Wako, JP;
Naoki Sakamoto, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A braking force control apparatus in a motorcycle, includes a controller which controls a transmission to reduces driving force of an engine by a predetermined speed reduction ratio and transmits the driving force to a drive wheel of a vehicle, a clutch between the engine and the transmission, and brake devices which generate braking force on the wheels. The vehicle is switchable between a normal and a slow speed driving modes. In the slow speed mode the controller detects an inclination pitching angle θ, and causes the brake devices to generate braking force on at least one of the drive wheels when θ≧a predetermined value, then starts switching the clutch to a connected state when a driving operation is input, and gradually releases the braking force once driving force starts to be transmitted to the drive wheel.