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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2010
Takateru Kawaguchi, Susono, JP;
Shigeki Shimanaka, Hadano, JP;
Takateru Kawaguchi, Susono, JP;
Shigeki Shimanaka, Hadano, JP;
JATCO Ltd, Fuji-shi, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
In an oil pump control apparatus of a vehicle includes a first driving power source for propelling the vehicle, a first oil pump driven by the first driving power source, a second oil pump driven by a second driving power source, and a hydraulically-operated portion supplied with working oil from the first and second pumps, a look-ahead vehicle speed estimation section is provided for estimating, based on a vehicle running condition, a look-ahead vehicle speed, which may occur a given elapsed time later. Also provided is a second-oil-pump control section configured to predict, based on the look-ahead vehicle speed, whether a lack in discharge pressure produced by the first pump from a required hydraulic pressure, and further configured to start up the second pump, when it is predicted that a lack in discharge pressure of the first pump from the required hydraulic pressure occurs.