Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Hideki Furuta

Shunya Kato

Akihiro Kimura

Yuma Mori

Masaya Yamamoto

Yosuke Tagawa

Tooru Matsubara

Ryo Shimizu

Daisuke Suyama

Takahiro Shimohira

Yoshiki Sawamura

In response to a DN operation that changes a shift position SP from a D position to an N position during forward drive in an HV drive mode, then an accelerator position Acc is not less than a reference accelerator position Aref (step S), a mechanical neutral control is performed to provide a neutral state by releasing transmission of power between an intermediate shaftand a driveshaftby a multi-speed transmission(step S). An engine and two motors are then controlled to be rotated at rotation speeds close to rotation speeds Nedn, Nmdn and Nmdn at the time of DN operation (steps S, Sand S).

Hybrid vehicle

An electric vehicle includes an electric motor, a transmission, a drive unit, a converter, and an electronic control unit. The transmission is provided in a power transmission path between a rotary shaft of the electric motor and drive wheels of the electric vehicle. The drive unit is configured to drive the electric motor. The converter is configured to regulate a voltage supplied to the drive unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the converter, and determine the voltage regulated by the converter, based on a first quantity of state associated with torque of an output shaft of the transmission, and a second quantity of state associated with a rotational speed of the output shaft.

Electric vehicle

A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine that generates power for rotating drive wheels, a differential mechanism that is provided between the engine and the drive wheels, and has at least three rotary elements including a first rotary element coupled to the engine, and a second rotary element coupled to the drive wheels, and a controller configured to control the engine. The controller is configured to determine whether to perform correction to increase the power generated by the engine, or perform correction to reduce the power, depending on a rotational speed of the second rotary element, when it changes a rotational speed of the engine.

Vehicle and control method for the vehicle

A hybrid vehicle includes a differential device, a first motor, an engine, a second motor, an engagement device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the first motor and the second motor when an engagement state of the engagement device changes, such that a first angular acceleration and a second angular acceleration reach a first target value and the second target value respectively, the first angular acceleration and the second angular acceleration being two angular accelerations of the engine, the first motor, and the second motor and to calculate the first target value and the second target value by applying a constraint condition to at least one of the first target value and the second target value.

Hybrid vehicle and control method for hybrid vehicle

A hybrid vehicle includes an electric steplessly speed changing unit, an engaging device, and an electronic control unit. The electric steplessly speed changing unit includes a differential mechanism including a first rotary element to which an engine is coupled, a second rotary element to which a first rotary machine is coupled, and a third rotary element as an output rotary member of the differential mechanism to which a second rotary machine is coupled. Differential operation of the electric steplessly speed changing unit is controlled by controlling operation of the first rotary machine. The engaging device is provided in a power transmission path between the third rotary element and drive wheels. In control of the hybrid vehicle, when at least one of the first rotary machine and the second rotary machine is operated with a predetermined positive or negative maximum torque, the electronic control unit controls a slip amount of the engaging device by changing the torque capacity of the engaging device.

Control system, control device, and control method for hybrid vehicle

A control apparatus for a vehicle including a differential section having a first rotating element coupled to a prime mover and a second rotating element connected to drive wheels via an engaging and disengaging apparatus, including: a controller configured to control connection of the engaging and disengaging apparatus, the controller being configured to adjust a power of the prime mover, the controller being configured to reduce the power of the prime mover when performing connection of the engaging and disengaging apparatus, and the controller being configured to reduce more power of the prime mover as a speed of rotation of the first rotating element is lower.

Control apparatus for vehicle

A vehicle includes a transmission between an engine and a drive wheel and includes a differential mechanism (planetary gear mechanism) between the engine and an engagement device (transmission). A controller (ECU) included in the vehicle calculates a variation rate in the whole rotation energy of the planetary gear mechanism when it is in the inertia phase of a shift. The ECU increasingly corrects an engine generated power and decreasingly corrects a transmission transfer power when the variation rate is higher than 0. The ECU decreasingly corrects the engine generated power and increasingly correct the transmission transfer power when the variation rate is lower than 0.

Vehicle

If an accelerator pedal is released, when a flag indicates 1, a vehicle travels in a traveling environment reflected operation mode where an engine and two motors are controlled in a manner that a required torque is output to a drive shaft while the engine is operated by the motor. If a vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a threshold at the time or after the flag is changed from 1 to 0, the vehicle travels in a normal operation mode where the engine and two motors are controlled in a manner that the required torque is output to the drive shaft with engine rotation stopped. If the vehicle speed is higher than the threshold when the flag is changed from 1 to 0, the vehicle travels in the traveling environment reflected operation mode until the vehicle speed becomes equal to or lower than the threshold.

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