Title:
VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009073271
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To maintain a stable stopped state even at a hill regardless of a road gradient by fixing an estimated value of the road gradient when an absolute value of vehicle speed is not more than a predetermined threshold.
The vehicle has a drive wheel 12 which is rotatably mounted on a vehicle body, and a vehicle control device which controls a posture of the vehicle body by controlling a driving torque given to the drive wheel 12. The vehicle control device estimates the road gradient based on the posture of the vehicle body, and fixes the estimated value of the road gradient when the absolute value of the speed of the vehicle 10 is not more than the predetermined threshold.
Inventors:
DOI KATSUNORI
Application Number:
JP2007242740A
Publication Date:
April 09, 2009
Filing Date:
September 19, 2007
Export Citation:
Assignee:
EQUOS RES CO LTD
International Classes:
B62K17/00; B62J99/00; B62K3/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Toshiaki Aoki
Mamoru Shimizu
Makoto Kawai
Mamoru Shimizu
Makoto Kawai