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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2014
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for controlling an engine clutch of a hybrid electric vehicle may include a driving information detector to detect demand information for driving and state information of the hybrid electric vehicle, an engine clutch selectively connecting an engine and a motor generating power, and a controller receiving information from the driving information detector and changing a driving mode of the hybrid electric vehicle by controlling an operation of the engine clutch, in which the controller controls standby hydraulic pressure of the engine clutch differently according to a mode changing condition when the driving mode of the hybrid electric is changed from an Electric Vehicle (EV) mode to a Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) mode.