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US 2018/0023688 A1Published application
Vehicle and control method thereof
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinobu OHATA
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Abstract
A controller causes a clutch to transition from a half-engaged state to an engaged state when a difference in rotational velocity between input and output sides of the clutch falls within a predetermined range in the half-engaged state of the clutch. The controller executes a moving start control to increase an output rotational velocity of a prime mover and cause the clutch to transition to the engaged state when a predetermined first condition is satisfied in the half-engaged state of the clutch.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a prime mover;
- a pair of right and left wheels;
- a clutch disposed in a driving force transmission path between the prime mover and the pair of right and left wheels;
- and
- a controller configured or programmed to cause the clutch to transition from a half-engaged state to an engaged state when a difference in rotational velocity between input and output sides of the clutch falls within a predetermined range in the half-engaged state of the clutch;
- wherein
- the controller executes a moving start control to increase an output rotational velocity of the prime mover and cause the clutch to transition to the engaged state when a first condition is satisfied in the half-engaged state of the clutch.
4 more elements
A method of controlling a clutch for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- causing the clutch to transition from a half-engaged state to an engaged state when a difference in rotational velocity between input and output sides of the clutch falls within a predetermined range in the half-engaged state of the clutch;
- and
- executing a moving start control to increase an output rotational velocity of the prime mover and cause the clutch to transition to the engaged state when a predetermined first condition is satisfied in the half-engaged state of the clutch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.