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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Kazuhiko Morimoto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Omata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A motor control apparatus for a motor combined with an engine for a vehicle includes clutch switches operated in response to pressing movement of a clutch pedal. A first clutch switch is OFF when the clutch is in a fully engaged state wherein the clutch pedal is not pressed down, and switches to ON when the clutch is in a partially engaged state as the clutch pedal is pressed down. A second clutch switch is OFF when the clutch is in a fully released state wherein the clutch pedal is fully pressed down, and switches to ON when the clutch is in a partially engaged state after partial return of the clutch pedal from the fully pressed down position. A motor controller responds to the clutch switches to stop driving and power generation of the motor when the first clutch switch switches to ON from OFF. The motor controller also assists in starting the engine, as an assist condition of a motor in a starting drive mode from a stopping mode of the vehicle, when an idle switch is OFF, when vehicle speed is zero or nearly zero, and when the second clutch switch becomes OFF from ON, the motor controller sets a flag. At the state that the flag is set, when the second clutch switch becomes ON from OFF, motor driving to assist engine start-up occurs.