Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle including a control unit for controlling a coupled engine running mode
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Application No.: US14416774Application Date: 2013-10-11
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Publication No.: US09561799B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Takeaki Suzuki , Masaki Matsunaga , Yasunari Kido , Takayuki Kogure , Yukari Okamura , Rentaro Kuroki , Takuya Hirai , Masaki Mitsuyasu , Jonggap Kim , Akihiro Sato , Yusuke Kinoshita
- Applicant: Takeaki Suzuki , Masaki Matsunaga , Yasunari Kido , Takayuki Kogure , Yukari Okamura , Rentaro Kuroki , Takuya Hirai , Masaki Mitsuyasu , Jonggap Kim , Akihiro Sato , Yusuke Kinoshita
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2012-237311 20121026
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/002352 WO 20131011
- International Announcement: WO2014/064504 WO 20140501
- Main IPC: B60W10/02
- IPC: B60W10/02 ; B60W30/18 ; B60W10/06 ; F02N11/08 ; B60W10/26 ; B62D5/04

Abstract:
A controller is capable of controlling a coupled engine running mode, in which an engine is coupled to wheels and an engine brake is activated by driven rotation of the engine, and a coasting mode, in which an engine brake force is reduced with respect to that in the coupled engine running mode with mode with the engine brake on, and starts the coasting mode on the basis of the steering angle of a steering member. The controller starts the execution of a first coasting mode when the steering angle is equal to or less than a preset upper limit value and starts the execution of a second coasting mode when the steering angle is greater than the upper limit value. In the first coasting mode, the engine rotation is stopped, and in the second coasting mode, the engine remains rotating.
Public/Granted literature
- US09598083B2 Vehicle including a control unit for controlling a coupled engine running mode Public/Granted day:2017-03-21
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