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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Tomoyuki Maruyama, Taijimi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle drive system includes: a differential device including first and second differential mechanisms and four rotary components; and an engine, first and second electric motors, and an output rotary member respectively connected to said four rotary components. One of said four rotary components is constituted by a rotary element of said first differential mechanism and a rotary element of said second differential mechanism selectively connected to each other through a clutch, while one of said rotary elements of said first and second differential mechanisms is selectively connected to a stationary member through a brake. The control apparatus includes a drive mode switching control portion for switching the hybrid vehicle drive system to one of at least two hybrid drive modes according to a selected one of different combinations of operating states of said clutch and said brake.