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Title:
FUEL CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009264513
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a fuel consumption management device suppressing an increase in fuel consumption without deteriorating drivability even if a fuel economy improvement means is actuated when a stop maintaining means is operated.

The fuel consumption management device determines whether the stop maintaining means for maintaining the stopping state of a vehicle, is being operated. When the determination result is such that the stop maintaining means is being operated, the fuel consumption management device detects the gradient of a road surface and, based on the detected gradient, selects a target means to be actuated out of a plurality of fuel economy improvement means for improving the fuel economy of the vehicle at least including a neutral control means and an eco-run control means, so as to actuate the selected fuel economy improvement means.


Inventors:
OBAYASHI MIKIO
Application Number:
JP2008115967A
Publication Date:
November 12, 2009
Filing Date:
April 25, 2008
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
F16H61/20; F02D29/02; F16H59/08; F16H59/44; F16H59/54; F16H59/66
Domestic Patent References:
JP2004176859A2004-06-24
JP2007205452A2007-08-16
JP2006307866A2006-11-09
JP2007271019A2007-10-18
JP2002029289A2002-01-29
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroaki Sakai