Patent ID: 7529608
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle drive control device comprising: a vehicle electric power source configured to supply a voltage to a field coil of an electric generator; an generator output voltage controlling section configured to adjust a field current flowing through the field coil of the electric generator to control an output voltage generated by the electric generator; a determining section configured to determine if an actual vehicle acceleration is deficient in comparison with a requested acceleration amount based on an acceleration operation by a driver; and a generator voltage increasing circuit operatively coupled to the vehicle electric power source and the electric generator, and configured to increase the voltage supplied from the vehicle electric power source to the field coil of the electric generator so that a field coil voltage of the electric generator becomes higher than a voltage of the vehicle electric power source upon a determination by the determining section that the actual vehicle acceleration is deficient in comparison with the requested acceleration amount.