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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Aisin Aw Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Naoki Nakanishi, Nagoya, JP;
Nobufusa Kobayashi, Okazaki, JP;
Masato Yoshikawa, Toyota, JP;
Hironobu Aratake, Chiryu, JP;
Shingo Akita, Toyota, JP;
Shinobu Nishiyama, Anjo, JP;
Soichiro Sawamura, Anjo, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
AISIN AW CO., LTD., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A control device of a hybrid vehicle including an engine, motor that receives power from the engine via an engine connecting and disconnecting device, and automatic transmission, starts the engine in a first starting method in which the engine performs ignition and rotates by itself after the engine speed is increased to be equal to or higher than a predetermined rotational speed through slipping engagement of the engine connecting and disconnecting device, or a second starting method in which the engine performs ignition and rotates by itself from a stage before the engine speed reaches the predetermined rotational speed, and controls the automatic transmission to permit a lower gear position to be established according to shift conditions when the engine is started in the second starting method during a downshift of the automatic transmission, as compared with when the engine is started in the first starting method during the downshift.