Patent ID: 7828394
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: B60K,B60T,B60W,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle equipped with a power output device that is capable of outputting a driving force to a drive shaft linked with drive wheels, said vehicle comprising: a mechanical braking device that is capable of applying a mechanical braking force to said vehicle; a slip detection module that detects a slip caused by spin of the drive wheels; a running direction setting module that sets a running direction of said vehicle; a slip-down detection module that detects vehicle speed in a reverse direction, which is reverse to the running direction of said vehicle set by said running direction setting module, thereby detecting a reverse run of said vehicle in the reverse direction and a slip-down of said vehicle; a balancing force setting module that sets a balancing force, which balances with a force acting in a direction of the slip-down of the vehicle, based on a relation between an acceleration of said vehicle and the driving force output to the drive shaft; and a controller that actuates and controls said power output device to restrict the driving force output to the drive shaft in response to detection of a slip by said slip detection module, said controller actuating and controlling said mechanical braking device to apply a mechanical braking force determined based on the set balancing force and the detected vehicle speed in the reverse direction to said vehicle in response to detection of a slip-down of said vehicle by said slip-down detection module under restricting the driving force output to the drive shaft.