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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Omuro, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Koichi Okuda, Toyota, JP;
Yohei Habata, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A drive apparatus for vehicle including a first power source, a first output rotating member, a second output rotating member, a second power source, a differential device, a first engagement device, a second engagement device, and a control device. The control device establishing, as drive modes driving a vehicle, a first drive mode putting the vehicle in all-wheel drive state by power from the second power source while fixing a torque distribution ratio between front wheels and rear wheels with both the first engagement device and the second engagement device kept in engaged state, and a second drive mode controlling the torque distribution ratio by putting the vehicle in all-wheel drive state by power from the first power source while controlling the second engagement device to be in slip state with the first engagement device kept in engaged state.