Abstract: A variable reflectance vehicular electro-optic rearview mirror reflective element assembly includes a front substrate and a rear substrate with a perimeter seal disposed therebetween. The front substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, with the second surface having a transparent electrically conductive coating disposed thereat. The rear substrate has a third surface and a fourth surface, with the third surface having a conductive reflector coating disposed thereat. The reflector coating may include a plurality of layers having first and second layers of nickel chromium. The front substrate may have a perimeter band disposed along a perimeter region of the second surface. The perimeter band may include a plurality of layers having first and second layers of nickel chromium.

Abstract: A mounting system for mounting a device, e.g., a mobile device, is disclosed. The mounting system includes a housing component and a securing component. The housing component is configured to secure a device. The securing component is coupled to the housing component and is configured to secure the mounting system to a surface. The securing component comprises a lower mounting component configured to secure the housing component to the surface from a bottom side of the housing component. The lower mounting component comprises a first connecting portion and a first attachment device configured to attach to the surface. The first connecting portion is configured to connect the lower mounting component to the bottom side of the housing component.

Abstract: A motor vehicle console includes a housing having a pair of side panels that define a storage bin having an opening and an upper panel that extends between the pair of side panels adjacent to the storage bin opening. A rigid door is supported on the housing for movement between a closed position that prevents access to the bin and an opened position that permits access to the bin. The rigid door is flush with the panel when in the closed position.

Abstract: A device and method for attaching an accessory to an object includes a housing defining a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the accessory. A base may be attached to at least a portion of the housing. The base includes at least one of a groove and a projection. The device may also include at least two bands. A first one of the bands surrounds at least a portion of the housing and is configured to secure the accessory within the cavity of the housing. The first one of the bands may be removable from the housing. At least a portion of a second one of the bands may be positioned within the groove or may contact the projection. The second one of the bands and the base combine to secure the device to an object.

Abstract: A vehicle rooftop system for carrying boards, such as SUP boards, may include a support unit having an elongate body, a self-adjusting strap slidably attached to the body, and a load-assist roller. A lockable cam buckle for securing the strap may be included at one end portion of the unit, and a paddle carrier may be included at another end portion.

Abstract: A fixing mount of a bicycle carrier contains a support rod of a bicycle carrier, a body, at least one cable tie, a connector, and a retainer. The body includes a large-diameter end, a through hole, and a small-diameter end. The large-diameter end has a first arcuate supporting face, a second arcuate supporting face and a third arcuate supporting face. The small-diameter end has a locking groove, and the body also includes plural locking elements. The connector includes a recess, a convex bottom surface, two coupling tabs, and each coupling tab has a concaved top surface and an aperture. The connector further includes plural first extending pieces, and each first extending piece has a first pore. Between any two adjacent extending blocks is defined a notch. The retainer includes at least one second extending piece and a plurality of pegs, and each extending piece has a second pore.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a bicycle support apparatus and method is provided. The bicycle support apparatus can support a bicycle in a horizontal or vertical direction. The bicycle support apparatus can also be secured to any horizontal, vertical, or any angular face. Still further, the bicycle support apparatus can be mounted onto a moveable object, such as an automobile. Slideably secured to an elongated member of the support apparatus is a bicycle fork securement member and a bicycle bottom bracket pad. The securement member secures the fork of the bicycle, and the bicycle bottom bracket rests on the pad. Such securement can be vertically, horizontally, stationary, or moveable configurations.

Abstract: A plug-in system for holding at least one object in place in the interior of a motor vehicle includes a holding element for holding the object in place and a receiving element for mounting the holding element. The holding element can be connected with the receiving element by way of a releasable connection. In order to make available such a plug-in system, which is not susceptible to damage caused by overload or careless handling, an overload protection system is provided having a spherical element provided on the receiving element, a plate element that interacts with the spherical element, and a receiver for the spherical element of the deflectable receiving element, which receiver is configured on the plate element.

Abstract: A clip has a base and a rattle inhibiting elastic piece. The base has a base portion that is separated from a clip central axis. The rattle inhibiting elastic piece has a slanted portion. The slanted portion extends at an angle with respect to the base, from the rattle inhibiting elastic piece portion that is provided adjacent to the base portion in a clip axial direction, toward a clip central axis side.

Abstract: A license plate sheet having superior weather resistance is provided. A license plate comprising the license plate sheet and having markings visible to a infrared-based ALPR system, is also provided. In some embodiments, the license plate sheet includes an infrared absorbing marking layer, wherein the infrared absorbing marking layer includes cesium tungsten oxide and a binder.

Abstract: A control apparatus for the boost converter to reduce the total loss is proposed. The control apparatus for the boost converter which controls the boost converter in a power system, the system has a DC power source having source voltage; the boost converter including a switching device and boosting the source voltage by predetermined boost control including change of switching state of the switching device based on boost instruction voltage and outputs the boosted voltage to a load apparatus; and a voltage detecting device detecting output voltage of the boost converter, the control apparatus has: a boost controlling device performing the boost control; and an intermittent controlling device performing intermittent process of the boost control based on the detected output voltage to keep the output voltage within range including the boost instruction voltage which is used when the last boost control is performed.

Abstract: Herein described is at least a system for generating one or more control signals based on a voltage provided by an energy storage device. Based on the one or more control signals, the system may selectively enable flow of current through one of: a) a first circuitry when the voltage is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and b) a second circuitry when the voltage is less than the threshold value, wherein the flow of the current through the second circuitry upconverts the voltage associated with the current from a first value to a second value.

Abstract: A module for providing security to an in-vehicle communication network having a bus and at least one node connected to the bus, the module comprising: a memory having software comprising data characterizing messages that the at least one node transmits and receives via the bus during normal operation of the node; a communication port via which the module receives and transmits messages configured to be connected to a portion of the in-vehicle network; and a processor that processes messages received via the port from the portion of the in-vehicle network responsive to the software in the memory to: identify an anomalous message in the received messages indicative of exposure of the in-vehicle network to damage from a cyber attack; and cause the module to transmit at least one signal via the port to the portion of the in-vehicle network that alters the anomalous message so that the at least one node will discard it.

Abstract: An in-vehicle communication network comprising: a bus and at least one node connected to the bus; an in-vehicle network operating system (OS) that manages OS processes, a secondary memory in which process codes for the processes are stored, and a primary memory, into which the OS loads a copy of a process code of a process to enable a processor to run the process and execute the process code; and a module hosted in the OS and having a hook in at least one position of the OS that provides information to the module responsive to operation of the OS that the module processes in accordance with executable instructions that the module comprises to determine if the in-vehicle OS is operating properly.

Abstract: A wireless activator is used for a vehicle. The wireless activator includes a transmitting control module, a transmitting module, a receiving module, and a receiving control module. The transmitting control module is positioned in a main portion of the vehicle. The transmitting module is positioned in the main portion and electrically coupled to the transmitting control module. The receiving module is positioned in a movable portion of the vehicle. The receiving control module is positioned in the movable portion and electrically coupled to the receiving module. The wireless activator is used for wirelessly supplying electrical power to the movable portion, and controlling the movable portion move relative to the main portion. A vehicle using the wireless activator is also provided.

Abstract: A key state detector for a vehicle collects a sequence of battery voltage samples and applies a time-domain to frequency-domain transform (TFT) to the collected samples. The results of the TFT are then applied to an artificial neural network (ANN) to determine if they represent a key-on or key-off state.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a generator, electric consuming devices, a first electric energy storage device and a second energy storage device connected in parallel with the first energy storage device. The two electric energy storage devices, in a storage range, have at least partially overlapping characteristic open-circuit voltage curves. The first energy storage device has a first state-of-charge-dependent characteristic charging internal-resistance curve. The second energy storage device has a second state-of-charge-dependent characteristic charging internal-resistance curve. The first energy storage device has a first state-of-charge-dependent characteristic discharging internal-resistance curve and the second energy storage device has a second state-of-charge-dependent characteristic discharging internal-resistance curve.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a vehicle interior material that is integrally formed, the vehicle interior material comprising an impact absorbing rib that is extended from a counter surface facing a vehicle body panel, an insertion portion that is inserted into a hole formed on the vehicle body panel; and a base portion that has a thick portion that is thicker than the impact absorbing rib, is extended from the counter surface, and is integrated with the insertion portion at a tip portion of the base portion.

Abstract: An airbag assembly may include an inflatable curtain airbag with a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The inflatable curtain may have a first chamber and a second chamber that inflates forward of the first chamber. The second chamber may have a height above the height of the first chamber so that a bottom of the second chamber is pressed downward adjacent to a door of the vehicle. A plurality of airbag assembly components may be integrally formed with a non-inflating peripheral region surrounding the first and second chambers. Such components may include a front or rear tether cut from the front or rear of the non-inflating peripheral region, a top tether cut from the top of the non-inflating peripheral region to control deployment of the second chamber, and a fabric shield cut from the top to at least partially wrap around the stowed inflatable curtain airbag.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fabric for an airbag, and an airbag for a vehicle including the same, and particularly, to a fabric for an airbag, a method of manufacturing the same, and an airbag for a vehicle including the same, wherein the fabric is made of one or more fibers selected from the group consisting of nylon fiber, polyester fiber, polyolefin fiber, and aramid fiber, having a cover factor of 1500 to 2500, and having an exponent of dynamic air permeability (EXP) of 0.9 to 1.6 as measured by a method according to the American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM D 6476 method.

Abstract: An exemplary vehicle occupant restraint system may include a side airbag attached to a side portion of a vehicle seat. The system may further include a rear airbag attached to a rear portion of the vehicle seat. The system can also have a single inflator connected to the side airbag and the rear airbag, such that the inflator is configured to cushion a first occupant and a second occupant during a crash event with the side airbag and the rear airbag, respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus (12) provides inflation fluid for inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14). The apparatus (12) includes a primary Housing (20), a primary inflation fluid source (100), a secondary housing (70), and a secondary inflation fluid source (200). The primary housing (20) is constructed from sheet metal by stamping. The primary inflation fluid source (100) is located in the primary housing (20). The primary inflation fluid source (100) is actuatable to effect a primary flow of inflation fluid out of the primary housing (20) to inflate the inflatable device (14). The secondary housing (70) is constructed from sheet metal by stamping. The secondary housing (70) is disposed within the primary housing (20). The secondary inflation fluid source (200) is located in the secondary housing. The secondary inflation fluid source (200) is actuatable to affect a secondary flow of inflation fluid to supplement the primary flow of inflation fluid.

Abstract: A pedestrian safety system for use with a motor vehicle includes a vehicle hood movable between a closed position and a raised position wherein a leading edge of the hood is raised relative to a front surface of the vehicle to form a gap, and a leg stiffener movable between a retracted position wherein it is beneath the hood when the hood is closed and a deployed position wherein the stiffener projects through the gap and is forward of the leading edge of the hood when the hood is raised. At least one actuator mounted beneath the hood moves the stiffener between the retracted and deployed positions. A remote sensing system detects an impending collision with a pedestrian and triggers the raising of the hood and extension of the actuators.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gripping device (1) which is used to detect a safety belt, for example a three-point safety belt in a motor vehicle, and which can be fastened separately from the plug-in tongue on the belt strap (2) of the shoulder part of the safety belt. The gripping device comprises a recess end (8) with a recess (10) for receiving the belt strap and a gripping end (9) which is designed to engage.

Abstract: A child restraint harness system includes first and second shoulder straps that have button holes located on the y- axis of the straps and a chest clip device which consists of two separate connectors that join together to form the chest clip device. On each connector, there is an extension guard located on the inferior portion of the chest clip device. Also, on each extension guard, there is a button located inferior to the bottom shoulder strap slot. Once the first and second shoulder straps are threaded through the top shoulder strap slot and then threaded through the bottom shoulder strap slot, the extension guard located on the inferior portion of the chest clip device can be buttoned into the shoulder straps, which secures the chest clip device in the proper position so the child cannot move the chest clip in the downward position.

Abstract: A sleeper berth restraint for commercial vehicles. The sleeper berth restraint includes a webbed harness having a first section and a second section. Each section includes a plurality of vertical straps secured to a plurality of horizontal straps so as to form a grid configuration. The first and second sections are removably secured to one another by means of mating fasteners thereon. The upper and lower ends of the vertical straps include fasteners thereon for securement to the upper and lower rails at the opening or entry of a sleeper berth. Further, the sides of the sections include fasteners for securement to the interior walls of the vehicle. The webbed harness is enclosed between a pair of curtains secured thereon. Thus, the sleeper berth restraint helps to prevent a resting driver from being thrown from the sleeper berth in the event of an accident.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle structure comprising a seatbelt device, in which diffusion of a hot gas produced in a pretensioner is easily minimized by a simple configuration. In the vehicle structure comprising a seatbelt device, the pretensioner is provided on a rear inner side panel, and an interior material covering the pretensioner is provided on the side facing the vehicle interior. The interior material has a dividing wall provided on the rear surface, the dividing wall protruding toward the rear inner side panel. The dividing wall encloses the pretensioner and partitions the gap between the rear inner side panel and the interior material.

Abstract: A vehicle may include a passive entry system having a controller and at least one antenna within the vehicle. The controller is operably arranged with the at least one antenna, and configured to cause, in response to a trigger event, the at least one antenna to transmit at least one challenge, receive a response to the challenge indicative of a tag in a vicinity of the vehicle, and identify an item based on the tag.

Abstract: Apparatus for providing security to an in-vehicle communication network having a bus and at least one node connected to the bus and having software responsive to which the node performs operations, the apparatus comprising: a first module configured to be connected to the at least one node and generate and transmit a hash of at least a portion of the node software in response to receiving a challenge; and a second module configured to be connected to the in-vehicle network and transmit a challenge to the first module requesting that the first module generate and transmit a hash of the at least a portion of the node software to the second module; wherein the second module is configured to determine if the hash received from the first module is generated responsive to a correct version of the node software.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for authenticating a driver (2) in a motor vehicle (1) by means of a recognition device (10) disposed in the motor vehicle (1) for collecting actual data (50) of the driver (2) which are transmitted during the authentication to a checking device (20) disposed in an external station (3) outside the motor vehicle (1), wherein the checking device (20) compares the actual data (50) with the target data (60) and in the event of conformity of the actual data (50) with the target data (60) an enabling signal (70) is sent from the external station (3) to the motor vehicle (1), thus enabling the driver (2) to start the motor vehicle (1).

Abstract: A motorcycle windscreen wiper system is provided that comprises a wiper blade assembly, a wiper motor, and a handlebar controller that is used to clear water, dirt, and road debris from a motorcycle windscreen. The windscreen is substantially planar and supports the elongated wiper assembly, while the wiper motor is secured directly to the windscreen along the lower portion of its interior surface. The motor is directly connected to the wiper blade assembly and the wiper assembly moves along a defined arc along the windscreen. The motor includes a motor controller and is powered by the motorcycle battery, while the handlebar controller provides a handlebar mounted assembly that a rider can use to activate and control the wiper assembly while riding.

Abstract: A wiper device for cleaning a vehicle window is disclosed. The wiper device has a wiper arm fastened in a torque-proof manner to a wiper shaft via an articulation piece, the wiper arm being arranged pivotably on the articulation piece in a pivot axis, a wiper blade arranged on the wiper arm, and a washing device for the wiper blade, which contains a feed for a washing fluid, wherein the feed runs in the longitudinal axis of the wiper shaft and leads to the wiper blade in a direction running substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade adapter system comprising a wiper blade adapter unit (10) having a coupling unit (18) and at least two connection units (12, 14, 16) that have different forms. According to the invention, the coupling unit (18) comprises a lateral plug-in unit that is provided for coupling to one of the at least two connection elements (12, 14, 16) in an assembly step.

Abstract: A supply container to be inserted in a holder of a metering device in a vehicle treatment facility includes a volume for liquid or viscous additives, and an outlet that can be connected to an inlet of the metering device when inserted into the holder. A holder for such a container includes a metering device inlet that can be sealingly connected to a closeable outlet in the supply container. The supply container can be easily inserted and securely retained in the holder. A supply container on which at least one guiding element is provided for engagement with at least one opposite guiding element on the holder when the supply container is inserted in the holder in a direction of insertion. A holder on which a guide is provided that includes at least one opposite guiding element for guiding at least one guiding element on the supply container when the supply container is inserted in the holder in a direction of insertion. A vehicle treatment facility can be provided with such a holder.

Abstract: A wheel assembly is disclosed, the wheel assembly including a rigid wheel and an airless tire mounted on the wheel. A portion of the tire is separated radially from the wheel by a space and is configured to flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure. A spacer is interposed between the wheel and the portion of the tire separated radially from the wheel by a space and is configured to limit the inward flexing of the tire. The spacer may be permanently affixed to the wheel assembly or may be removably attached to the wheel assembly. The spacer may be adjustable between a first size and a second size.

Abstract: A method and device for operating a wheel slip control apparatus, including determining wheel speeds of wheels compensated with respect to wheel speed differences during a turn as input variables for the wheel slip control apparatus, with which a) a neutral steering, understeering or oversteering driving condition of the vehicle is determined from the driving behavior during a turn, b) depending on the determined condition of the vehicle, either the reference or actual yaw rate is used to calculate a turn radius related to a selected point on the vehicle, c) wheel-related turn radii for at least some wheels are determined from the turn radius related to the selected point, d) reference factors are determined from the wheel-related turn radii and a common reference turn radius for at least some wheels, and e) the compensated wheel speeds are each determined from the reference factors and measured wheel speeds for at least some wheels, and f) the compensated wheel speeds are used as input variables for a wheel

Abstract: A vehicle brake force generation device is provided with an electric motor for applying drive force and regenerative brake force to the wheels of an electric vehicle, a brake hydraulic pressure generation device for generating the brake hydraulic pressure to be applied to the calipers of the electric vehicle, a slip information computation unit for computing the slip information of the wheels, a VSA device for controlling the friction braking of at least the brake hydraulic pressure generation device such that the slipping of the wheels is inhibited, a first diagnosis unit for diagnosing the VSA device, and a brake control unit for controlling the cooperative braking which includes controlling the regenerative braking of the electric motor and/or controlling the friction braking of the brake hydraulic pressure generation device.

Abstract: A speed control system operable to control a motor vehicle to operate in accordance with a set-speed value, the control means being operable to allow a user to adjust the set-speed value by user actuation of a vehicle brake control or a vehicle accelerator control.

Abstract: To improve the degree of freedom with which an ABS hydraulic unit is attached to a handlebar. An ABS hydraulic unit comprises: a main housing that has at least part of a hydraulic circuit formed inside and is equipped with a mounting portion for mounting a brake lever and an attachment portion having at least part of a side surface of a through hole formed along a first direction, the through hole being for attaching the ABS hydraulic unit to a handlebar; and a master cylinder that has a piston portion that moves in conjunction with the brake lever, the master cylinder being for increasing, with the movement of the piston portion, the pressure of brake fluid inside the hydraulic circuit. A piston insertion hole that extends in the moving direction of the piston portion and is for inserting the master cylinder is formed in the main housing along a second direction that intersects, but is not orthogonal to, the first direction.

Abstract: An integrated battery control system incorporates a battery management system and a power control system to reliably and safely provide power to vehicles and other mobile devices. The integrated power control system incorporates safety features to protect the batteries from dropping below a threshold voltage or being overcharged, and from operating the vehicle when it is coupled with an AC power supply. An integrated power control system may be contained in a control enclosure having a computing device, battery power input, an AC power input, a power output switch, a power output, a key-switch interface and a shunt to measure current flow. The power control system regulates electrical power delivery to a drive motor and a pre-charge resistor as a function of the battery state of charge. When a battery unit is below a threshold value, power delivery is disabled to the drive motor and a pre-charge resistor.

Abstract: A drive system and a method of driving a vehicle (1). The drive system includes (1) a combustion engine (2), a gear box (3), an electric machine (9), and a planetary gear. A control unit (18) has access to information concerning the moment (Tel) of the electric machine (9) for driving the vehicle (1) and to calculate the moment (T1c) of the combustion engine (2) for driving the vehicle (1) at at least a first operation occasion (D1) when there is a known relation between the moment (Tel) of the electric machine and the moment (T1c) of the combustion engine.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, an electric motor, an electrical storage device and a controller. The electric motor generates electric power by using driving force of the engine. The controller controls supply of electric power, which is at least one of electric power generated by the electric motor or electric power stored in the electrical storage device, to an outside of the vehicle. The controller selects, on the basis of setting made by a user, whether to permit or prohibit generation of electric power by using the driving force of the engine.

Abstract: A method for braking a vehicle driving forward, in which the vehicle has a propulsion system including a combustion engine with an output shaft (2a), a gearbox (3) with an input shaft (3a), an electric machine (9) comprising a stator and a rotor, and a planetary gear comprising three components in the form of a sun gear (10), a ring gear (11) and a planet wheel carrier (12). The vehicle is driven with one of the components connected to an output shaft of the combustion engine rotating with a lower rotational speed than one of the components connected to the electric machine. When the vehicle is braked, the electric machine is controlled to apply a brake torque to the input shaft of the gearbox, making the rotational speed of the combustion engine increase.

Abstract: A method for accelerating a vehicle driving forward, in which the vehicle has a propulsion system including a combustion engine with an output shaft (2a), a gearbox (3) with an input shaft (3a), an electric machine (9) comprising a stator and a rotor, and a planetary gear comprising a sun gear (10), a ring gear (11) and a planet wheel carrier (12). When accelerating the vehicle the torque of the electric machine is controlled and the rotational speed of the combustion engine is controlled until the components of the planetary gear have the same rotational speed and may be interlocked.

Abstract: In a control apparatus of the present invention, when a predetermined engagement condition is satisfied while an internal combustion engine is operated, first a rotating speed control which makes a first MG output a torque so that a rotating speed of the first MG becomes zero is executed, and subsequently an engagement control which switches a state of a lock mechanism to an engagement state is executed when an engagement switching condition is satisfied during execution of the rotating speed control. When a temperature of a first inverter of the first MG becomes equal to or higher than an engagement prohibition temperature which is lower than a working upper limit temperature during the execution of the rotating speed control, the execution of the engagement control is prohibited.

Abstract: A vehicle control system is provided. The vehicle control system is applied to a vehicle comprising an engine having a plurality of cylinders, a power transmission route between the engine and drive wheels and a clutch device adapted to selectively connect and disconnect the power transmission route, and that is configured to disconnect the power transmission route during running to allow the vehicle to coast.

Abstract: A method for controlling the speed of vehicle is provided. The method comprises providing a memory device configured to store a plurality of predefined set-speeds therein. The method further comprises selecting a desired set-speed from the plurality of predefined set-speeds stored in the memory device. The method may further comprise determining whether the selected set-speed is appropriate based on one or more conditions. The method may still further comprise causing the vehicle to operate in accordance with the selected set-speed when it is determined that the set-speed is appropriate. A system comprising a memory device configured to store a plurality of predefined set-speeds, and electronic control unit configured to select a desired one of the predefined set-speeds stored in the memory is also provided.

Abstract: A system for governing a reference speed vref—dhsc for a downhill speed control system in a vehicle in connection with a downhill gradient. A simulation unit simulates at least one future speed profile vsim for an actual vehicle speed over a section of road in front of the vehicle, based on topographic information. An establishing unit establishes whether the reference speed vref—dhsc is to be allocated an increased reference speed vref—dhsc—schwung. This establishing is based on a comparison of the simulated future speed profile vsim with a permitted magnitude of the increased reference speed vref—dhsc—schwung and/or with an infringement speed vsl. An allocation unit allocates the value of the increased reference speed vref—dhsc—schwung to the reference speed vref—dhsc if this has been established.

Abstract: System for Reduction of Consumption (SRC) of energy by motor vehicles by automatic and safety use of their kinetic energy, consisting of a management computer which triggers off, in order, the following operations if the accelerator position sensor indicates a constant, decreasing or the minimum level: 1° releasing the traction wheels, by an electromechanical device, in order to use the kinetic energy of vehicle; 2° reducing the energy consumption of engine by element of its management computer; and 3° turning on a warning light on the dashboard to indicate the SRC activation. The SRC management computer reverses the previous operations in the opposite order, during at least 3 seconds, if required by the safety and driving conditions.

Abstract: A running control system for vehicles is provided to reduce uncomfortable feeling during coasting by adjusting a braking force. The running control system is applied to a vehicle having a braking device adapted to generate a braking force according to an operation of a driver irrespective of an engagement state of the engagement elements disposed between a prime mover and drive wheels. The running control system comprises a controller that applies a braking force of the prime mover to the drive wheels by bringing the engagement elements into engagement to enable torque transmission between the prime mover and the drive wheels, when the braking force of the braking device is eliminated by aborting an operation of the braking device during coasting while disengaging the engagement elements to interrupt torque transmission between the prime mover and the drive wheels.