Appeal No. 2000-2115
Application No. 08/633,564
CLAIM 1
1. A front-wheel-drive and rear-wheel-drive vehicle in which
one of either a set of front wheels or a set of rear wheels
are driven by an engine and the other set of wheels thereof
are driven by an electric motor, wherein said electric motor
is operated when said vehicle starts, said vehicle comprising:
means for detecting a driving torque of the set of
engine-driven wheels; and
control means for prohibiting operation of said electric
motor when the driving torque detected during start-up of said
vehicle exceeds a predetermined value.
CLAIM 2
2. A front-wheel-drive and rear-wheel-drive vehicle
according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined value is set
to a lower limit value of the driving torque applied to the
set of engine-driven wheels at vehicle start-up only by the
drive of the set of engine driven wheels [sic, at] an
acceleration above a predetermined level.
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