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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Tooru Matsubara, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyuki Shibata, Toyota, JP;
Kenta Kumazaki, Toyota, JP;
Yuji Iwase, Mishima, JP;
Masakazu Kaifuku, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Tooru Matsubara, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyuki Shibata, Toyota, JP;
Kenta Kumazaki, Toyota, JP;
Yuji Iwase, Mishima, JP;
Masakazu Kaifuku, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicular power transmitting apparatus provided with an electrically-controlled differential portion in which controlling an operating state of an electric motor controls a differential state of a differential mechanism, a control device for starting up a drive force source in an appropriate mode depending on a vehicle condition can be provided. The control device includes drive-force source start control means for switching start modes of an engine depending on a vehicle condition to achieve an appropriate start mode for the engine depending on the vehicle condition, so that for instance a contracted drive range by a second electric motor can be avoided.