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US 11,479,119 B2Granted
Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShingo Satake, Yoshimitsu Yokouchi, Hiroki Saito
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Abstract
The controller is programmed to perform first control that controls a driving force distributor such as to decrease a distribution rate upon satisfaction of a predetermined condition that a frequency of at least one rotation fluctuation of an output member of the drive system, a main drive wheel and a sub drive wheel is within a predetermined area, compared with the distribution rate upon non-satisfaction of the predetermined condition.
Claims5
A vehicle, comprising:
- a drive system;
- a driving force distributor configured to transmit a driving force from the drive system to a main drive wheel and a sub drive wheel and to regulate a distribution rate that is a ratio of a driving force transmitted between the drive system and the sub drive wheel to a total driving force transmitted between the drive system and the main drive wheel along with the sub drive wheel;
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- a controller programmed to control the drive system and the driving force distributor, wherein
- the controller is programmed to perform first control that controls the driving force distributor such that to decrease the distribution rate upon satisfaction of a predetermined condition, compared with the distribution rate upon non-satisfaction of the predetermined condition, wherein the predetermined condition is a condition that a frequency of at least one rotation fluctuation of i) an output member of the drive system, ii) the main drive wheel and iii) the sub drive wheel, is within a predetermined area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.