DRIVE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH DRIVE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

A driving force control system according to the present invention is for use in a vehicle which transmits motive power of a driving source to a driving wheel via a centrifugal clutch. The centrifugal clutch includes an upstream component mechanically connected to the driving source to rotate and a downstream component to be mechanically connected with or disengaged from the upstream component based on a centrifugal force which is in accordance with rotation of the upstream component. Transmission of motive power between an upstream-of-centrifugal-clutch path from the driving source to the upstream component and a downstream-of-centrifugal-clutch path from the downstream component to the driving wheel is automatically turned ON or OFF with a centrifugal force which is in accordance with rotation of the upstream component of the centrifugal clutch. The driving force control system controls the driving force of the driving wheel in the downstream-of-centrifugal-clutch path in accordance with a physical parameter concerning rotation of the upstream-of-centrifugal-clutch path, at least when the centrifugal clutch is in a half-clutch state.