Patent ID: 6101441
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B60K,B60W,F02D

Abstract:
A drive force controller for a vehicle, said vehicle being provided with a drive wheel and an engine for driving said drive wheel, said engine comprising a combustion chamber for burning air-fuel mixture, said controller comprising:a sensor for detecting a slip of the drive wheel,a sensor for detecting a running condition of said engine, anda microprocessor programmed to:control said engine to cause reduction of an engine output according to the slip,control said engine to selectively perform uniform combustion wherein an air-fuel mixture uniformly spread in said combustion chamber is burnt and stratified combustion wherein an air-fuel mixture converged to a part of said combustion chamber is burnt, according to the running condition, andprevent said engine from performing stratified combustion for a predetermined time after said reduction of the engine output has terminated.