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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Takeshi Ishiwada, Anjo, JP;
Masaya Yano, Anjo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes: drive wheels; an engine; a flywheel damper connected to the engine; at least one inertial body provided between the flywheel damper and the drive wheels; and a clutch for connecting and disconnecting between the flywheel damper and the at least one inertial body. In a process of reduction of a rotational speed of the engine for stopping the engine, the control apparatus keeps the clutch engaged until the rotational speed has passed through a first resonance speed range, and causes the clutch to be released before the rotational speed reaches a second resonance speed range. The first resonance speed range is a range of the rotational speed in which resonance is generated with the clutch being released. The second resonance speed range is a range of the rotational speed in which the resonance is generated with the clutch being engaged.