Patent ID: 7865288
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: B60W,F02D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An engine control device for a working vehicle capable of switching between engine modes of a power mode where an engine operates at high-horsepower giving priority to work performance and an economy mode where the engine operates at low-horsepower giving priority to low fuel consumption, and capable of forcibly downshifting through gears of a transmission so as to shift down to a lower speed side, the engine control device comprising: an engine mode determining section configured to determine whether the engine mode is in the power mode or in the economy mode; a gear detection section configured to detect a current gear of a plurality of gears; a kick-down detection section configured to detect an occurrence of a kick-down instruction; and a control section configured to switch the engine mode into the power mode when the kick-down instruction is detected while the engine mode is in the economy mode and the gears are in the lowest gear as a result of the forcible downshifting.