Patent ID: 9556801
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: F02D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A driving force control device comprising: an electronic control unit configured to increase driving force of a vehicle in accordance with a driver's operation to request acceleration, the electronic control unit being configured to determine whether increase of actual driving force of the vehicle stagnates, relative to required driving force determined according to at least the driver's operation to request acceleration, and restrict subsequent increase of the actual driving force when the electronic control unit determines that the increase of the actual driving force stagnates, the electronic control unit being configured to determine that the increase of the actual driving force stagnates when (i) a deviation of the actual driving force from the required driving force is equal to or larger than a predetermined, amount (ii) a rate of change of the required driving force is equal to or smaller than a first predetermined value, and (iii) a rate of change of the actual driving force is equal to or smaller than a second predetermined value, and the electronic control unit being configured to restrict the increase of the actual driving force such that a rate of increase of the actual driving force is reduced as a stagnation period for which the increase of the actual driving force stagnates is longer.