IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,157,456
Granted Patent B2
US 12,157,456 · App. 18/159,128 · Granted Dec 3, 2024

Vehicle

Inventors: Shinsuke Yamamoto (Anjyo, JP); Satoru Tsurubuchi (Toyota, JP); Masanobu Horio (Tokyo-to, JP); Masaya Akita (Miyoshi, JP); Tomohiko Naka (Nisshin, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 12,157,456
App. No.
18/159,128
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

To start an engine while a clutch start cancel switch is ON and a clutch is connected, an electric parking brake ECU releases an electric parking brake regardless of the accelerator position or the clutch stroke, providing that a shift lever is in a drive position, and an engine ECU allows the engine to start after the electric parking brake is released by the electric parking brake ECU.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle comprising:

an electric parking brake control unit that activates an electric parking brake when an engine switch is turned off and releases the electric parking brake when a clutch is released and the engine switch is turned on; and

an engine control unit that has a clutch start function of starting an engine when the clutch is released and the engine switch is turned on, wherein

the vehicle has a clutch start cancel switch for canceling the clutch start function,

to start the engine while the clutch start cancel switch is ON and the clutch is connected, the electric parking brake control unit releases the electric parking brake regardless of the accelerator position or the clutch stroke, providing that a shift lever is in a drive position, and

the engine control unit allows the engine to start after the electric parking brake is released by the electric parking brake control unit.

2. A vehicle comprising:

an electric parking brake control unit that activates an electric parking brake when an engine switch is turned off and releases the electric parking brake when a clutch is released and the engine switch is turned on; and

an engine control unit that has a clutch start function of starting an engine when the clutch is released and the engine switch is turned on, wherein

the vehicle has a clutch start cancel switch for canceling the clutch start function,

when the clutch start cancel switch is ON and the clutch is connected, the electric parking brake control unit releases the electric parking brake regardless of the accelerator position or the clutch stroke, providing that a shift lever is in a drive position and that a brake pedal is depressed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: YAMAMOTO, SHINSUKE; TSURUBUCHI, SATORU; HORIO, MASANOBU; AKITA, MASAYA; NAKA, TOMOHIKO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-014774 · Feb 2, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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