Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control device of vehicle and control method of vehicle
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Application No.: US14422638Application Date: 2013-11-18
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Publication No.: US09638155B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Hirokazu Kato , Junpei Kakehi
- Applicant: Hirokazu Kato , Junpei Kakehi
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2012-255025 20121121
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/002858 WO 20131118
- International Announcement: WO2014/080280 WO 20140530
- Main IPC: F02N11/08
- IPC: F02N11/08 ; F02N15/06

Abstract:
A control device of a vehicle includes: a first gear connected to a crankshaft of an engine; a second gear capable of engaging the first gear; an actuator configure to move the second gear up to a position where the second gear engages the first gear; a motor configured to cause the second gear to rotate; and a controller configured to, when the engine is cranked by driving of the motor in response to elapsing of a predefined period after the actuator is actuated in response to a startup request signal of the engine, adjust a length of the predefined period on the basis of an operating state of a driver and a state of the vehicle at the time of reception of the startup request signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150219058A1 CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2015-08-06
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