Coast stop vehicle

US8958960B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8958960-B2
Application numberUS-201214240618-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 19, 2012
Priority dateAug 31, 2011
Publication dateFeb 17, 2015
Grant dateFeb 17, 2015

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A coast stop vehicle includes power transmission means provided between a drive source and drive wheels, drive source automatic stop means configured to stop the drive source during vehicle running when a value indicating a driving state of the vehicle is in a drive source stop permission region, slip determination means configured to determine whether or not there is slip in the power transmission means while the drive source is stopped by the drive source automatic stop means, and a changer means configured to narrow the drive source stop permission region when the occurrence of the slip in the power transmission means was determined by the slip determination means.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A coast stop vehicle, comprising: a power transmission unit provided between a drive source and drive wheels; a drive source automatic stop unit configured to stop the drive source during vehicle running when a value indicating a driving state of the vehicle is in a drive source stop permission region; a slip determination unit configured to determine whether or not there is a slip in the power transmission unit while the drive source is stopped by…

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What does patent US8958960B2 cover?
A coast stop vehicle includes power transmission means provided between a drive source and drive wheels, drive source automatic stop means configured to stop the drive source during vehicle running when a value indicating a driving state of the vehicle is in a drive source stop permission region, slip determination means configured to determine whether or not there is slip in the power transmis…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Wakayama Hideshi, Aoyama Noritaka, Waku Kousuke, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60W10/06. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).