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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Yukihisa Tsuzuki, Kariya, JP;
Yosuke Makino, Anjo, JP;
Tomoko Yamamoto, Chiryu, JP;
Tomoyuki Kitagawa, Anjo, JP;
Yukihisa Tsuzuki, Kariya, JP;
Yosuke Makino, Anjo, JP;
Tomoko Yamamoto, Chiryu, JP;
Tomoyuki Kitagawa, Anjo, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus that controls a vehicle having a torque converter provided on a power transmission path between an internal combustion engine and a transmission is provided. The torque converter includes a pump impeller, to which rotational power from the internal combustion engine is input to rotate, a turbine runner that receives oil from the rotating pump impeller and transmits the rotational power toward the transmission, and an impeller clutch that is configured to connect and disconnect the rotational power transmission from the internal combustion engine to the pump impeller. The vehicle control apparatus controls the internal combustion engine and the impeller clutch, such that, when a throttle opening degree is equal to or larger than a first threshold value during control of the impeller clutch from a non-engaged state to a completely engaged state, lowers an output torque of the internal combustion engine.