Patent ID: 9031748
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B60K,B60Y,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A grille shutter opening and closing control device for a vehicle with an engine or a hybrid vehicle with an engine and a hybrid motor, comprising: a grille shutter for opening and closing a grille opening through which air is introduced into an engine compartment of the vehicle; a shutter opening/closing operating portion with a drive source for operating the grille shutter to open and close; a closing operation judging portion for judging whether the grille shutter is to be closed or not, based on an inputted vehicle information; and a drive source torque controlling portion configured to control the drive source of the shutter opening/closing operating portion to operate the grille shutter by a low torque in response to the grille shutter being judged to be operated in a closing direction and the engine being stopped, wherein the low torque is lower than a high torque by which the grille shutter is operated when the grille shutter is judged to be operated in an opening direction by the closing operation judging portion.