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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hidehiko Banshoya, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Toshiki Kanada, Anjo, JP;
Haruhisa Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Atsushi Kawamoto, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;
Kiyonori Takagi, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control device performs a control process such that when there is a request in a series/parallel mode to switch the current mode to a parallel mode, and the current speed ratio also has a value faster than a Lo rotation synchronization speed ratio, the control device performs the step of switching the running mode to the parallel mode via a series mode with asynchronous switching, whereas when the current speed ratio has a value slower than the Lo rotation synchronization speed ratio, the control device performs the step of switching the running mode to the parallel mode via the series mode with synchronous switching.