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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Shigeru Kimura, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The control apparatus includes a clutch release determining portion configured to detect that a clutch is placed in the released state, and an engine starting control portion configured to initiate an engine starting control to start an engine after the clutch release determining portion has detected that the clutch is placed in the released state, when the engine starting control is implemented during an output gear is rotated in a reverse direction with a torque generated by at least one of first and second electric motors MGand MG. The initiation of the engine starting control after the detection of the released state of the clutch permits effective prevention of reversal of the rotating direction of the output gear from the reverse direction to the forward direction and a rise of the rotating speed of the output gear with a rise of the operating speed of the engine.