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US 8,577,569 B2Granted
Vehicle control apparatus
AssigneeHitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
InventorNobuyuki Ohtsu
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Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes a bad-road control-mode switch configured to be manipulated by a driver, and a bad-road control section configured to perform a bad-road control when a bad-road control mode is selected by the bad-road control-mode switch. The bad-road control section includes a braking-force applying section configured to apply a braking force to a drive-wheel, and a driving-force applying section configured to apply a driving force to the drive-wheel which is receiving the braking force from the braking-force applying section, as the bad-road control.
Claims6
A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
- a bad-road control-mode switch configured to be manipulated by a driver;
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- a bad-road control section configured to perform a bad-road control when a bad-road control mode is selected by the bad-road control-mode switch, the bad-road control section including:
- a braking-force applying section configured to apply a braking force to a drive-wheel, and
- a driving-force applying section configured to apply a driving force to the drive-wheel which is receiving the braking force from the braking-force applying section, as the bad-road control, wherein the driving-force applying section is configured to apply the driving force after the braking-force applying section started to apply the braking force.
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