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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shun Sato, Toyota, JP;
Takahiko Tsutsumi, Nisshin, JP;
Masayuki Baba, Toyota, JP;
Toshio Sugimura, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A drive system for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, a rotary shaft, an engine disconnect clutch, a motor disconnect clutch, an automatic transmission, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to, while either one of an engagement control and a rotation change control is being executed, when a request to execute the other one of the engagement control and the rotation change control has been issued, (a) delay a start timing of the other one of the engagement control and the rotation change control until execution of the one of the engagement control and the rotation change control is completed, and then (b) start execution of the other one of the engagement control and the rotation change control after execution of the one of the engagement control and the rotation change control has been completed.