Patent ID: 7651438
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: B60W,B60Y,F02D,F16H,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle, comprising: an engine that generates a driving force; a clutch having a drive portion and a driven portion, the clutch selectively transmitting or interrupting the driving force of the engine through engagement or disengagement, respectively, of the drive portion and the driven portion; a constant-mesh transmission coupled to the driven portion of the clutch; an accelerator that is operable by an operator of the vehicle to vary the driving force of the engine; an electronically-controlled throttle arrangement, comprising: a snapping detection mechanism that detects a snapping of the accelerator by the operator of the vehicle, wherein the snapping is a release of the accelerator that is predicted to be accompanied by a shifting of the transmission without disengagement of the clutch, wherein the snapping detection mechanism determines the occurrence of snapping of the accelerator on the basis of the position of the accelerator detected by the accelerator position sensor; and a driving force reduction device that initiates a reduction in the driving force of the engine in response to detection of snapping by the snapping detection mechanism.