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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make more appropriate the braking control of a vehicle that is capable of running by outputting horsepower to front and rear wheels and that has an electric motor capable of outputting regenerative braking power via a gear change transmission means. SOLUTION: In a hybrid vehicle 20, the ratio of regenerative braking torque in response to required braking torque Tr* to torque generated by a brake unit 90 is set based on the set status of the gear change ratio of a transmission 60 when a brake requiring operation such as the operation of a brake pedal 85 is performed (S280, S290, S310, S320, S390, S400); a motor MG2 is controlled to output the regenerative braking torque that is based on the required braking torque Tr* and the ratio, and the brake unit 90 is controlled so that braking torque based on the required braking torque Tr* and the regenerative braking torque generated by the motor MG2 is imparted to front wheels 39a, 39b and rear wheels 39c, 39d in a predetermined front-to-rear braking torque distribution ratio (d). COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide preferable acceleration feeling to a driver when an acceleration opening degree is kept, and to output sufficient torque on a low speed side. SOLUTION: When an accelerator is kept being depressed to some degree and the acceleration opening degree Acc is kept constant, a target addition torque Ttag and a maximum reflection ratio kmax increase amount krt are set based on the acceleration opening degree Acc and a vehicle speed V (S130), and when a predetermined time passes after a basic required torque Tbase based on the acceleration opening degree Acc and the vehicle speed V starts to decrease (S140), an addition torque Tadd obtained by multiplying the reflection ratio k which increases to the maximum reflection ratio kmax by the increase amount krt by the target addition torque Ttag is added to the base required torque Tbase is set as an execution required torque T* (S150, S180, S190), thus controlling an engine and two motors (S200-S260). COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress heat generation of a motor, and to perform control that takes into consideration the drive demands of a driver in a vehicle, having a motor capable of outputting power to the axle. SOLUTION: When a torque which is not smaller than a prescribed value is outputted for a prescribed time from a motor, in a state where the vehicle is in the stopped state, while corresponding torque Tmr based on an accelerator opening Acc is being outputted, reduction rate of torque Rd2, which is set based on the accelerator opening Acc (initial accelerator opening Acci) at stoppage and the corresponding torque Tmr, is used for setting a torque command Tm2* so that torque from a motor MG2 is reduced (steps S370, S380); and when a phase, where the current of the motor is concentrated, is changed over (step S330), rate of increase of torque Ri set, based on the accelerator opening Acc in stoppage, is used for setting the torque command Tm2* so as to increase the torque from the motor MG2 (steps S450, S460). COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress generation of noise due to drag of brakes at starting. SOLUTION: When a start request and a release instruction of brakes are made while controlling to keep a brake pressure even when a driver releases a brake pedal during stopping, a standby time tb has not passed a time tref for sufficiently lowering the brake pressure, an accelerator opening Acc or a gradient θ are respectively lower than predetermined thresholds, and there is no need to promptly output power from a drive shaft (steps S100-S130), torque determined by moderating torque Trtmp based upon a driving request of the driver is set as request torque Tr* (steps S150, S160), and a target rotational frequency Ne* or the like for an engine is set by using the set request torque Tr* (steps S170-S220). By this, power smaller than the driving request by the driver can be outputted to the drive shaft, and generation of the noise due to drag of brakes can be suppressed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To much more surely protect an accumulating means when outputting a power from an internal combustion engine through a power input/output means to a driving shaft because the output of a power from a motor to the driving shaft is invalid. SOLUTION: When the output of a power from a motor MG2 to a ring gear shaft 32a is invalid, the range of a driving force to be input/output from a motor MG1 is set based on a load factor limit Tm1R determined according to input/output limits Win and Wout of a battery 50 and the maximum rated torque of the motor MG1, and an engine 22 and the motor MG1 are controlled so that only the driving force to be output from the engine 22 can be output through a power distribution and integration mechanism 30 and the motor MG1 to the ring gear shaft 32a within the set range of the driving force. Thus, it is possible to prevent any excessive power from being input/output to the battery 50 by setting the range of the driving force of the motor MG1 for transferring a power with the battery 50 based on the input/output limits Win and Wout and the load factor limit Tm1R. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To output driving force being suitable for driver's demand as much as possible. SOLUTION: This automobile determines whether there is driver's demand for increasing driving force or not based on opening Acc of an accelerator, obtains vehicle speed Vtmp when the demand for increasing driving force is given if the demand is given, and sets demand torque Tr* by utilizing a three-dimensional map of the opening Acc of the accelerator, vehicle speed V, and the demand torque Tr* decided by corresponding to the vehicle speed Vtmp. This map is set to a tendency to increase the demand torque Tr* when the vehicle speed Vtmp is low. This map is set to a tendency to prevent demand driving force from being greatly changed even if opening of the accelerator is more or less changed in a high speed region when the vehicle speed Vtmp is high and a tendency to make the demand torque Tr* substantially a fixed value in a high speed region of vehicle speed V. In this way, the vehicle can be driven by driving force corresponding to the vehicle speed Vtmp when the demand for increasing driving force related closely to driver's demand is given. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress variation of a damping force to be generated in gear change in a transmission attached on a rotating motor under regenerative control in breaking a vehicle, and to more smoothly perform gear change in the transmission. SOLUTION: When the transmission attached to a motor under regenerative control in damping is in a Hi gear position; a regenerative rate k for regenerating the motor using the kinetic energy of the vehicle as power is set at a value k2 smaller than a value k1 at which the transmission is in a Lo state (S170), and the motor and a hydraulic brake are controlled (S210-S250). Thus, since a torque for replacing the damping torque of the motor with a breaking torque Tb* is reduced in gear change in the transmission, variation in torque (variation in damping force) can be suppressed which may be generated in replacing the damping torque with the breaking torque Tb*, and the gear change in the transmission can be smoothly performed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more quickly output driving force to be outputted to a drive shaft. SOLUTION: An automobile has an engine, a first motor, the drive shaft, all connected to a planetary gear mechanism, and a second motor attached to the drive shaft through a transmission. The engine is intermittently operated based on demanded power Pe* when the transmission is in a Lo gear state (S170, S230), and the engine is operated continuously when the transmission is in a Hi gear state (S330). This allows more quickly outputting the demanded driving force as compared with a system of operating and stopping an engine when relatively large driving force is demanded for the drive shaft in the Hi gear state of the transmission. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a drive feeling favorable, and to suppress the charging and discharging of an energy storage device by the excess power of the energy storage device. SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle is equipped with an engine, a first motor and a driving shaft connected to a carrier, a sun gear and a ring gear of a planetary gear mechanism, and a second motor connected to the driving shaft. When the hybrid vehicle is shifted to a brake range, a lower limit speed Nemin of the engine is set on the basis of a vehicle speed V (S106), a driving point (target rotational speed Ne*) of the engine is set based on a requested torque Tr* corresponding to an accelerator opening Acc and outputs engine demand power Pe* (S108, S110, S126). When the target rotational speed Ne* is less than the lower limit speed Nemin, the engine is driven at the lower limit speed Nemin, and the requested torque Tr* is controlled so as to be outputted to the driving shaft. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a motor drive system from deteriorating by enhancing energy efficiency and power performance of a power output unit. SOLUTION: In a hybrid automobile, the sun gear, carrier, and ring gear of a planetary gear mechanism are connected with the rotary shaft of a motor MG1, the output shaft of an engine, and the ring gear shaft 32a as a drive shaft, respectively, and the rotary shaft 48 of a motor MG2 is connected with the ring gear shaft 32a through a speed change gear 60. Direct traveling mode for traveling only with a driving force being outputted from an engine 22 to the ring gear shaft 32a through the planetary gear mechanism is set when abnormality occurs in the motor MG2 or its driving inverter or during high speed cruising operation, and both brakes B1 and B2 are turned off to disconnect the rotary shaft 48 of the motor MG2 from the ring gear shaft 32a. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI