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Granted Patent B2
US 12,370,906 · App. 17/882,714 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Electric vehicle

Inventor: Chihiro Oguro (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
B60L15/2036B60L2240/20B60L2240/24B60L2240/423
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Patent No.
US 12,370,906
App. No.
17/882,714
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric vehicle includes a yaw rate sensor and a processor. The yaw rate sensor is configured to measure a yaw rate of a vehicle body in a vehicle. The processor is configured to control respective torques of right and left rear wheels coupled to respective motors of the electric vehicle. In a case where a mode that allows the right and the left rear wheels to slip is selected as a traveling mode of the vehicle, the processor is configured to perform a control to suppress one of the torques of the right and the left rear wheels on a basis of the yaw rate measured by the yaw rate sensor.

Claims (11)

1. An electric vehicle comprising:

a yaw rate sensor configured to measure a yaw rate of a vehicle body of the electric vehicle;

a steering angle sensor configured to measure a steering angle of a steering wheel of the electric vehicle;

a processor configured to control respective torques of right and left rear wheels coupled to respective motors of the electric vehicle, configured to execute instructions to:

determine whether a mode that allows the right and the left rear wheels to slip to escape from a first condition is selected as a traveling mode of the electric vehicle,

in response to the traveling mode being selected, calculate a difference between a first yaw rate and a second yaw rate, the first yaw rate being a yaw rate measured by the yaw rate sensor, the second yaw rate being calculated on a basis of the steering angle measured by the steering angle sensor,

in response to the difference between the first yaw rate and the second yaw rate being equal to or greater than a threshold, suppress one of the respective torques of the right and the left rear wheels on a basis of the first yaw rate to suppress a swing caused by the electric vehicle switching from the first condition to a second condition, the second condition having a road surface with a low friction coefficient.

2. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive data on a position of the vehicle body; and

a wheel speed sensor configured to measure at least respective wheel speeds of the right and the left rear wheels, wherein

the processor is configured to perform a control to suppress one of the respective torques of the right and the left rear wheels to allow a slip ratio to be 10%, the slip ratio being calculated on a basis of the respective wheel speeds of the right and the left rear wheels and on a basis of a vehicle body speed calculated using the data on the position of the vehicle body received by the receiver.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2022
From: OGURO, CHIHIRO
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060741/0031 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-134502 · Aug 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230057597A1 · Feb 23, 2023
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