Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Accelerator reaction force control apparatus
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Application No.: US12785720Application Date: 2010-05-24
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Publication No.: US08457855B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Shigeyuki Sakaguchi , Masao Shiomi , Masahiro Omori
- Applicant: Shigeyuki Sakaguchi , Masao Shiomi , Masahiro Omori
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Priority: JP2009-124799 20090525
- Main IPC: G06F7/70
- IPC: G06F7/70 ; G06F19/00 ; G06G7/00 ; G06G7/76

Abstract:
An accelerator reaction force control apparatus has an accelerator position detecting device that detects an accelerator position and a reaction force varying device that varies a reaction force of an accelerator. The reaction force varying device increases the accelerator's reaction force beyond a base reaction force in response to the accelerator position being equal to or larger than a reaction force increase threshold, and decreases the accelerator's reaction force toward the base reaction force in response to the accelerator position becoming equal to or smaller than a reaction force increase cancellation threshold after the reaction force has been increased beyond the base reaction force. The reaction force varying device varies a reaction force decrease rate at which the accelerator's reaction force is decreased based on an accelerator position change condition existing at a time when the accelerator position becomes equal to or smaller than the reaction force increase cancellation threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100299037A1 ACCELERATOR REACTION FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-11-25
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