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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Hironobu Aratake, Chiryu, JP;
Yoshiaki Tsuruta, Nagakute, JP;
Yoshio Hasegawa, Chiryu, JP;
Takahiko Tsutsumi, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a hybrid electric vehicle includes: an engine control portion for controlling an operation state of an engine; and a driving-mode control portion for controlling the vehicle so as to realize selected at least one of driving modes. The driving modes include a low-gear all-wheel driving mode and a high-gear all-wheel driving mode. In a case in which the low-gear all-wheel driving mode is selected in the high-gear all-wheel driving mode when the engine is in a stopped state with a vehicle power transmission apparatus being in a non-driving position that disables transmission of a drive power, the engine control portion maintains the stopped state of the engine until completion of switching from the high-gear all-wheel driving mode to the low-gear all-wheel driving mode, and starts the engine after the completion of the switching from the high-gear all-wheel driving mode to the low-gear all-wheel driving mode.