Left-right wheel drive force distribution control apparatus for a vehicle

摘要

When a rear wheel total drive force is smaller than a rear wheel drive force difference and the rear wheel drive force difference cannot be accomplished by dividing the rear wheel total drive force between the left and right rear wheels, an inside wheel target drive force is not set to 0 and an outside wheel target drive force is not set to. Instead, the inside wheel target drive force is set to a default drive force that is a minimum value required to prevent a three-wheel drive state from occurring, and the outside wheel target drive force is set a value equal to the sum of the default drive force and the rear wheel drive force difference, which is a value with which the rear wheel drive force difference can be achieved under the condition of the inside wheel target drive force being equal to the default drive force.

主权项

1. A vehicle left-right wheel drive force distribution control apparatus comprising:
a controller programmed to execute individual drive force controls of drive forces distributed to a pair of left and right subordinate drive wheels so as to simultaneously control a first distribution of drive forces between a pair of left and right main drive wheels and the pair of left and right subordinate drive wheels and control a second distribution of drive forces between the left and right subordinate drive wheels, the controller including
a subordinate drive wheel total drive force target value setting section that sets a subordinate drive wheel total drive force target value as a target value of a total drive force to be distributed to the left and right subordinate drive wheels;a subordinate drive wheel drive force difference target value setting section that sets a subordinate drive wheel drive force difference target value as a target value of a difference between drive forces to be distributed to the left and right subordinate drive wheels;a subordinate drive wheel target drive force computing section that computes a left target drive force of the left subordinate drive wheel and a right target drive force of the right subordinate drive wheel that achieve both the subordinate drive wheel total drive force target value set by the subordinate drive wheel total drive force target value setting section and the subordinate drive wheel drive force difference target value set by the subordinate drive wheel drive force difference target value setting section, and feeds the computed left and right target drive forces to the individual drive force controls of the drive forces directed to the left and right subordinate drive wheels;a target value comparing section that determines whether the subordinate drive wheel total drive force target value is smaller than the subordinate drive wheel drive force difference target value; anda target drive force limiting section that limits a smaller value of the left and right target drive force computed by the subordinate drive wheel target drive force computing section to a minimum allowable value upon the target value comparing section determining that the subordinate drive wheel total drive force target value is smaller than the subordinate drive wheel drive force difference target value.