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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi ken, JP;
Inventor:
Masaki Mitsuyasu, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/14 (2006.01); F16H 63/46 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/143 (2013.01); F16H 61/14 (2013.01); F16H 63/46 (2013.01); B60W 10/026 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/18083 (2013.01); F16H 2061/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle controller includes a lock-up clutch disposed to a power transmission path between an engine and a driving wheel, and a clutch configured to connect and disconnect the power transmission path, wherein at the time of switching driven traveling for causing a vehicle to travel by connecting the power transmission path and inertia traveling for causing the vehicle to travel by disconnecting the power transmission path, the lock-up clutch and the clutch are switched at switching start timings different from each other.