Vehicle and control method for the vehicle
AssigneesAisin Aw Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShunya KATO, Akihiro KIMURA, Yuma MORI, Hideki FURUTA
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine that generates power for rotating drive wheels, a differential mechanism that is provided between the engine and the drive wheels, and has at least three rotary elements including a first rotary element coupled to the engine, and a second rotary element coupled to the drive wheels, and a controller configured to control the engine. The controller is configured to determine whether to perform correction to increase the power generated by the engine, or perform correction to reduce the power, depending on a rotational speed of the second rotary element, when it changes a rotational speed of the engine.
Claims8
A vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine configured to generate power for rotating drive wheels;
- a differential mechanism provided between the internal combustion engine and the drive wheels, and the differential mechanism having at least three rotary elements including a first rotary element coupled to the internal combustion engine and a second rotary element coupled to the drive wheels;
- and
- a controller configured to control the internal combustion engine, the controller being configured to determine whether to perform correction to increase the power generated by the internal combustion engine or perform correction to reduce the power generated by the internal combustion engine, depending on a rotational speed of the second rotary element, when the controller changes a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine.
A control method for a vehicle including an internal combustion engine configured to generate power for rotating drive wheels, and a differential mechanism provided between the internal combustion engine and the drive wheels, and the differential mechanism having at least three rotary elements including a first rotary element coupled to the internal combustion engine, and a second rotary element coupled to the drive wheels, the control method comprising:
- controlling the internal combustion engine;
- and
- determining whether to perform correction to increase the power generated by the internal combustion engine or perform correction to reduce the power generated by the internal combustion engine, depending on a rotational speed of the second rotary element, when changing a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.