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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kiyonori Takagi, Okazaki, JP;
Hidehiko Banshoya, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Kawamoto, Toyota, JP;
Haruhisa Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;
Toshiki Kanada, Anjo, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control process including the following steps is executed. The control process includes, at the time of switching from series-parallel mode to series mode, a step of reducing an engine torque, a step of releasing a clutch, a step of reducing a reaction torque of a first rotary electric machine and a step of increasing a torque of a second rotary electric machine, and, when synchronization is started and a step of increasing a positive torque of the first MG, a step of starting engagement of a clutch, and, when a rotation speed of the first rotary electric machine and a rotation speed of an engine are synchronous with each other, a step of engaging the clutch.