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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Hiroatsu Endo, Nagoya, JP;
Kentaro Kakuse, Toyota, JP;
Hiroatsu Endo, Nagoya, JP;
Kentaro Kakuse, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a hybrid drive system including a main drive power source, an electric generator, a wheel-side output shaft, a power distributing mechanism for distributing the drive force of the main drive power source to the electric generator, the wheel-side output shaft and an automatic transmission, and an electric motor connected to the wheel-side output shaft through the automatic transmission, the control apparatus including a motor-output limitation control device for implementing an output limitation of the electric motor according to a requirement for the output limitation, and a motor-output limitation inhibiting device to inhibit the output limitation of the electric motor by the motor-output limitation control device, during a shift-up action of the automatic transmission, or a motor-output increasing device to control the electric motor to increase its output so as to offset the output limitation of the electric motor implemented by the motor-output limitation control device according to a requirement for the output limitation during a shift-up action of the automatic transmission.