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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;
Hideaki Komada, Gotemba, JP;
Akiko Nishimine, Susono, JP;
Yosuke Suzuki, Hadano, JP;
Hidekazu Nagai, Susono, JP;
Takahito Endo, Sunto-gun, JP;
Hirotsugu Yoshino, Susono, JP;
Kensei Hata, Sunto-gun, JP;
Hiroki Yasui, Mishima, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control system for a vehicle that prevents an unintentional mode change when a command signal cannot be transmitted to an engagement device. In the vehicle, HV-Lo mode is established by connecting a carrier to a carrier by a first clutch while disconnecting the carrier from a ring gear by a second clutch, and HV-Lo mode is established by disconnecting the carrier from the carrier by the first clutch while connecting the carrier to the ring gear by the second clutch. A normally stay clutch is used as at least one of the first clutch and the second clutch.