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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Aisin Ai Co., Ltd., Nishi, JP;
Tomomitsu Terakawa, Anjo, JP;
Yasuhiro Hosoi, Chiryu, JP;
Yuichiro Kitamura, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihide Suzuki, Toyoake, JP;
Katsunori Ueda, Okazaki, JP;
Tuyoshi Murakami, Handa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Aoyama, Nishio, JP;
Kazutaka Kobayashi, Okazaki, JP;
Takeshige Miyazaki, Chiryu, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Aisin Ai Co., Ltd., Nishio-Shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle includes an automatic transmission, a clutch, a motor, a battery, a driving assist control device performing a driving assist control by driving the motor to generate an assist torque, a gear shift assist control device performing a gear shift assist control by driving the motor in response to a decrease of the engine torque caused by the disengagement state of the clutch, an SOC value detection device detecting an SOC value, and a first mode switch device switching an operation mode of the hybrid vehicle from a normal mode in which the driving assist control and the gear shift assist control are performed to a battery power preserving mode in which the driving assist control is prohibited and the gear shift assist control is permitted in a case where the SOC value is equal to or smaller than a first predetermined value.