Patent ID: 6125315
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: F02D,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
A throttle controller used for a vehicle comprising an automatic transmission including a torque converter, the controller comprising:a throttle control section for calculating a degree of opening of the throttle of the vehicle for generating a driving force in accordance with the actual degree of depression of the accelerator of the vehicle, said degree of opening corresponding to a target degree of opening of the throttle for the engine so as to drive the vehicle by a target driving force calculated based on the actual degree of depression of the accelerator;a stall condition determining means for determining a stall state in which the gear lever of the vehicle is in a driving gear; the actual degree of depression of the accelerator is larger than a predetermined degree of depression for determining the stall state; the brake of the vehicle is operated; and the speed of the vehicle is smaller than a predetermined speed; anda storage section for storing a predetermined degree of opening of the throttle which is read out when the actual degree of depression of the accelerator is larger than the predetermined degree of depression of the accelerator for determining the stall state, andwherein the throttle control section limits the target degree of opening of the throttle to the predetermined degree of opening stored in the storage section when the stall condition determining means has determined that the vehicle is in the stall state.