Title:
TRAVEL CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3951955
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a travel controller for a vehicle capable of such four wheel driving as one of front and rear wheels is driven through an engine and the other is driven through a motor/generator in which the four wheel drive function can be exhibited surely under a situation requiring effective utilization thereof.
SOLUTION: The travel controller for a vehicle capable of such four wheel driving as the rear wheel 1 (front wheel) is driven through an engine 2 and the front wheel 3 (rear wheel) is driven through a motor/generator 4 comprises means 13-15 for predicting necessity of four wheel drive, and means 14, 4 (14, 2, 8) for accelerating the charging operation of a battery 5 becoming the power supply of the motor/generator 4 when the necessity of four wheel drive is predicted.
Inventors:
Ken Kuretake
Application Number:
JP2003106870A
Publication Date:
August 01, 2007
Filing Date:
April 10, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
International Classes:
B60W10/26; B60W20/00; B60K6/44; B60K6/52; B60K17/356; B60L50/16; B60W10/08; (IPC1-7): B60L11/14; B60K6/04; B60K17/356
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2000188802A | ||||
| JP2003097311A | ||||
| JP2003035361A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiki Hasegawa
Tatsuya Shioda
Tatsuya Shioda
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