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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Noguchi, Wako, JP;
Masayuki Kikuchi, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the embodiment, the electric motor controller is configured to perform control such that a free-state limit torque after switching from the ring-locking state to the free state is set to a value larger in absolute value than an upper limit torque of the first electric motor or the second electric motor determined by electric motor specifications at the time of switching from the ring-locking state to the free state or is set to a value larger in absolute value than a restricted state limit torque at the time of switching from the ring-locking state to the free state. The restricted state limit torque is a limit torque of the first electric motor or the second electric motor, and the electric motor controller performs control such that the torque generated by the first electric motor or the second electric motor is less than the free-state limit torque.