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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Matsui, Ebina, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
An engine start using an electric motor during a vehicle travel is performed by increasing an output torque of the electric motor in a slip state where a second frictional engagement elementconnecting the electric motorand a driving wheel slips. A controller determines a requested acceleration amount from a depression amount of an accelerator pedal. When the requested acceleration amount is significant, a different torque increment characteristic is applied, compared to a case where the requested acceleration amount is not significant. Thus, the internal combustion engine starts in a high response depending on the requested acceleration amount input by the driver, thereby improving a vehicle acceleration response.