Patent ID: 9656670
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60W,F16H,Y02T

Claim:
1. A running control device of a vehicle including an engine, a connecting/disconnecting device separating the engine and wheels, and a transmission selectively transmitting power of the engine toward the wheels, the running control device comprising: a processor configured to execute a normal running mode performed by using the power of the engine with the engine and the wheels coupled, a free-run inertia running mode that is an inertia running mode performed by separating the engine and the wheels and stopping the engine during running, and a neutral inertia running mode that is an inertia running mode performed by separating the engine and the wheels and operating the engine in a self-sustaining manner during running, and the processor configured to set a gear ratio of the transmission on a lower vehicle speed side in a first case of return from the free-run inertia running mode to the normal running mode as compared to a second case of return from the neutral inertia running mode to the normal running mode.