Patents Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabsuhiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 7457702
    Abstract: An ECU executes the step S100 of detecting an intake air amount QA and an ignition timing IT, the step S200 of calculating an estimated engine torque TE from QA and IT, the step S300 of detecting the engine rotation speed NE and the turbine rotation speed NT, the step S400 of calculating the speed ratio E of the torque converter 210, the step S500 of calculating a torque capacity C from the speed ratio, the step S600 of calculating a reference torque TP(0) from the torque capacity C, the step S700 correcting the reference torque TP(0) into TP based on a map, the step S900 setting TE as the estimated engine torque if TP is greater than TE, and the step S1000 setting TP as the estimated engine torque if TP is not greater than TE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabsuhiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideki Takamatsu