Patent ID: 7427254
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: B60T,B60W,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A deceleration control apparatus for a vehicle, which performs deceleration control such that a deceleration acting on the vehicle becomes equal to a target deceleration by an operation of a brake system which applies a braking force to the vehicle and a shift operation which shifts a transmission of the vehicle into a lower speed than a current speed or a higher speed ratio than a current speed ratio, comprising: a controller which, when a determination that there is a need to shift the transmission into the lower speed than the current speed or the higher speed ratio than the current speed ratio has been made, increases the target deceleration over time at a predetermined gradient to a predetermined value, and after the target deceleration reaches the predetermined value, maintains the target deceleration at a generally constant value, wherein the controller sets the target deceleration to reach the predetermined value before the shift into the lower speed than the current speed or the higher speed ratio than the current speed ratio actually starts.