Patent ID: 7607506

Claim:
A driving force distribution control apparatus, comprising: a front/rear driving force distribution controller for controlling a driving force distribution between a front wheel side and a rear wheel side; and a right/left driving force distribution controller for controlling a driving force distribution between a left wheel and a right wheel of at least one of the front wheel side and the rear wheel side, when a predetermined steering drive condition on a high μ road is satisfied, a control amount by the front/rear driving force distribution controller is decreased in response to at least an accelerating condition, when a predetermined steering drive condition on a low μ road is satisfied, a control amount set by the right/left driving force distribution controller is decreased in response to at least the accelerating condition, and wherein the predetermined steering drive condition on a high μ road and the predetermined steering drive condition on a low μ road are set based on a relationship between lateral acceleration predicted based on a linear vehicle motion model from an operating condition of the vehicle and lateral acceleration actually generated on the vehicle.