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Granted Patent B2
US 11,124,069 · App. 16/336,148 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Vehicle

Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaneta (Wako, JP); Hiroshi Kurata (Wako, JP); Yoshiaki Sawano (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,124,069
App. No.
16/336,148
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The abnormality determination unit of a motorcycle determines the presence or absence of abnormalities in a clutch switch and/or a cruise cancel switch on the basis of the clutch operation signal output from the clutch switch and the cruise cancel signal output from the cruise cancel switch.

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle comprising a handle that steers a front wheel, handle grips provided at left and right ends of the handle, a clutch lever that is for manipulating a clutch and arranged in front of one of the handle grips, and a first switch and a second switch that are pressed due to manipulation of the clutch lever, wherein

the first switch is a clutch switch that senses manipulation of the clutch lever and the clutch switch outputs a clutch manipulation signal caused by manipulation of the clutch lever,

the second switch is an auto cruise switch for cancelling auto cruise control that keeps a travelling speed constant and the auto cruise switch outputs a cancel signal caused by manipulation of the clutch lever,

a manipulation amount of the clutch lever necessary for the auto cruise switch to output the cancel signal is less than a manipulation amount of the clutch lever necessary for the clutch switch to output the clutch manipulation signal,

the vehicle further comprises an ECU that controls at least two different operations, based on the clutch manipulation signal and the cancel signal, and

the ECU includes an abnormality determining section that determines whether there is an abnormality in the clutch switch and/or the auto cruise switch, based on the clutch manipulation signal and the cancel signal,

the abnormality determining section determines that there is an abnormality of the clutch switch continuing in an ON state and/or an abnormality of the auto cruise switch continuing in an OFF state, when the clutch switch is in the ON state in which the clutch switch outputs the clutch manipulation signal and the auto cruise switch is in the OFF state in which the auto cruise switch does not output the cancel signal.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the ECU further includes:

a startup control section that performs startup control of the vehicle based on the clutch manipulation signal and a gear position of the vehicle;

an auto cruise control section that executes or dissolves the auto cruise control based on whether the cancel signal is input; and

a vehicle control permission determining section that issues a request to stop performance of other control to the vehicle, if the abnormality determining section has determined that there is an abnormality in the clutch switch.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

the vehicle control permission determining section issues a request to stop performance of hill start assist control or idle stop control to the vehicle, if the abnormality determining section has determined that there is an abnormality in the clutch switch.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: KANETA, HIROYUKI; KURATA, HIROSHI; SAWANO, YOSHIAKI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048683/0739 →
Continuity (1)
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