Patent ID: 6549840
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,F16H,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a four-wheel-drive automotive vehicle of a type which comprises a first drive power source for driving one of a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, and a second drive power source for driving the other of said pairs of front and rear wheels, said vehicle control apparatus being operable to control a front drive force for driving said pair of front wheels and a rear drive force for driving said pair of rear wheels, depending upon a static and a dynamic state of the vehicle such that a sum of said front drive force and said rear drive force is equal to an operator's desired value of a vehicle drive force for driving said automotive vehicle, which operator's desired value is obtained on the basis of an amount of operation of a manually operated vehicle accelerating member and a running speed of the vehicle.