VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

• Main Author: ABE KYOICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 26.07.2012
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

An engine ECU (30) and a brake ECU (40) of a vehicle control apparatus (10) are configured to perform either mechanical braking involving conversion of kinetic energy produced by rotation of a drive wheel into thermal energy by friction, or regenerative braking involving conversion of the kinetic en...