Granted Patent B2

US 12,479,314 · App. 18/113,315 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Inventors: Nobuhide Nishigaki (Toyota, JP); Kazumasa Shimode (Toyota, JP)

Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

B60L15/2036B60K1/02B60L50/00H02P5/50

Abstract

Claims (11)

1 . A vehicle comprising:

a plurality of wheels;

a plurality of rotary electric machines, each configured to generate a driving force or a braking force for one of the plurality of wheels independently from other rotary electric machines;

a power storage device configured to exchange electric power with the plurality of rotating electric machines;

a processor configured to calculate a required torque of each of the plurality of wheels;

a rotational speed detecting sensor configured to detect a rotational speed of each of the plurality of wheels; and

a controller configured to:

calculate a power distribution ratio that is a distribution ratio of electrical power from the power storage device to the plurality of rotating electric machines based on the required torque of each of the plurality of wheels and the rotational speed of each of the plurality of wheels, and

control the plurality of rotating electric machines by calculating a torque command value of each of the plurality of wheels based on electric power suppliable to each of the plurality of rotating electric machines from the power storage device, the suppliable electric power being calculated using the power distribution ratio and the inputtable and outputtable power of the power storage device.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wheels include left and right front wheels and left and right rear wheels.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wheels include left and right front wheels and left and right rear wheels.

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