Patent ID: 8775045

Claim:
A vehicle left-right wheel drive force distribution control apparatus comprising: a controller programmed to execute a distributed output of drive forces to left and right drive wheels in accordance with a left-right wheel drive force distribution control, the controller including a left-right wheel drive force control section that controls the drive forces of the left and right drive wheels such that a target value of a left-right drive force difference corresponding to a targeted turning behavior of the vehicle is achieved; a turn initial stage detecting section that detects an initial stage of a vehicle turning behavior; and a turn initial stage left-right drive force difference increasing section that increases the target value of the left-right drive force difference during a period while the turn initial stage detecting section detects an initial stage of a turn, the turn initial stage left-right drive force difference increasing section increasing the target value of the left-right drive force difference by multiplying the target value of the left-right drive three difference by a gain that becomes larger as the vehicle turning behavior becomes smaller while the vehicle turning behavior is in a region of the initial stage of the turn.