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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yosuke Akiyama, Susono, JP;
Akira Ijichi, Odawara, JP;
Taichi Kobayashi, Susono, JP;
Koji Takaira, Okazaki, JP;
Akinori Homan, Toyota, JP;
Yoshio Itou, Susono, JP;
Kunihiko Usui, Fuji, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
When temperature of a second power source of a vehicle becomes higher than a threshold value during a first mode in which three rotating elements of a differential gear can make differential movement and when four-wheel drive is needed, switching is performed to a second mode in which the three rotating elements are unified, and when four-wheel drive is not needed even when the temperature of the second power source becomes higher than the threshold value during the first mode, output of the second power source is restricted, while the first mode is maintained.