Control apparatus for vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11906025
APP PUB NO 20230341036A1
SERIAL NO

18302094

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Abstract

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A control apparatus for a vehicle provided with a power source and a fluid transmission device that includes a lockup clutch. The control apparatus includes: (a) a follow-up-running control portion for controlling a follow-up running in which the vehicle automatically runs following a preceding vehicle with a predetermined inter-vehicle distance to the preceding vehicle; and (b) a lockup-clutch control portion for controlling the lockup clutch such that an operation state of the lockup clutch is placed in one of a released state, a slipping state or an engaged state. The lockup-clutch control portion is configured, during the follow-up running, to execute a fluid-temperature increase suppressing control for controlling the operation state of the lockup clutch in a manner that suppresses increase of a temperature of a working fluid which circulates in the fluid transmission device and which is used to switch the operation state of the lockup clutch.

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  • 501 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Makino, Yuuki Aichi-gun, JP 20 8
Okuda, Koichi Toyota, JP 180 749
Sekiguchi, Yoshito Kariya, JP 14 2
Yamamoto, Masafumi Nagakute, JP 103 637

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