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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniaki Kaihara, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakai, Kariya, JP;
Atsushi Kodama, Okazaki, JP;
Ryosuke Yabuta, Okazaki, JP;
Yuya Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Shohei Kawano, Okazaki, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control unit for a vehicle, which comprises an engine, a driving motor, an engaging/disengaging device, and a voltage raising device, includes a switching control unit and a voltage raising control unit controlling the voltage raising device. The switching control unit switches between a first driving mode in which the vehicle is driven by a driving force of the driving motor with the engaging/disengaging device released and a second driving mode in which the vehicle is driven by the driving force of the engine with the engaging/disengaging device engaged. In a case where a driving mode is switched from the first driving mode to the second driving mode, the switching control unit starts an engagement of the engaging/disengaging device and switches the driving mode to the second driving mode, after the voltage raising control unit starts the voltage raising control in the first driving mode.