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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a vehicle from rapidly decelerating when any abnormality is generated in a motor MG2. SOLUTION: When any abnormality may be generated in a motor MG2 since the revolution Nm2 of the motor MG2 is increased due to the abnormality of the clutch of a change gear 60, the connection of a rotary shaft 48 of the motor MG2 to a link gear shaft 32a connected to driving wheels 39a and 39b is released by turning off the clutch of the change gear 60. Thus, it is possible to prevent a vehicle from rapidly decelerating when any abnormality is generated in the motor MG2. Also, it is possible to output a power from an engine 22 to the link gear shaft 32a even when any abnormality is generated in the motor MG2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more appropriately restrain a motor from being driven over its upper limit revolution during speed change of a transmission. SOLUTION: In an automobile where an engine, a generator, and a drive shaft are connected to each rotating element of a planetary gear mechanism and also a motor is connected to the drive shaft via the transmission, a torque limit value Trmax is set (S150-S170), based on the number of revolutions Nset on the smaller side between the estimated number Nm2est of revolutions computed from the car velocity V and the gear ratio Gr of the transmission and the number Nm2 of revolutions of the motor, during speed change of the transmission, and the requested torque Tr* requested for the drive shaft is limited (S180) by the torque upper limit value Trmax thereby controlling the engine, the generator, and the motor. Hereby, it can restrain the motor from being driven over its upper limit value, and also it can restrain excessive drive control from being performed when the revolution of the motor is beginning to drop though the car velocity V is going up such as at the time of changing the transmission from Lo gear to Hi gear when it is descending a slope. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrain an electric motor from being driven in excess of an upper limit rotational speed without impairing driving feeling. SOLUTION: In an automobile in which an engine, a generator, and a driving shaft are connected to each rotating element of a planetary gear mechanism, and the electric motor is connected to the driving shaft through a transmission, if the transmission cannot be switched to an Hi gear from an Lo gear (the Lo gear fixed), a hysteresis is provided to a vehicle speed V on the decrease side of the vehicle speed V and an automobile speed Vhis is set after the hysteresis processing without providing the hysteresis on the increase side of the automobile speed V (S140 to S180). After the hysteresis processing, a request torque Tr* of the driving shaft is limited by a torque upper limit value Trmax on the basis of the automobile speed Vhis to control the engine, the generator and the electric motor. Thereby, the torque upper limit value Trmax is not frequently changed against a slight change on the decrease side of the automobile speed Vto, thus restraining the electric motor from being driven in excess of the upper limit rotational speed without impairing the driving feeling. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability of an electric vehicle and to reduce power consumption by performing creep-cut when depressing a brake pedal appropriately according to the situation of a vehicle. SOLUTION: When creep torque is generated, a creep torque command value is set primarily according to a vehicle speed (a step S100). When the brake pedal is being depressed, the upper-limit value of the torque corresponding to the amount of depressing of a brake is set (steps S140, S145). The smaller value between the primary creep torque command value and the upper-limit value of torque is set as a final creep torque command value (step S150). The setting of the upper-limit value of torque is changed according to the situation of a vehicle including a change in the vehicle speed, and a change in the amount of depressing of a brake (step S130). Especially, when it is estimated that a driver intends to reduce speed from the vehicle situation, the final creep torque command value is set smaller than the primarily set one. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid shifting shock during malfunction while quickly changing over a shift stage. SOLUTION: This automobile has a motor connected to a drive shaft via a transmission. Herein, in preparation for down-shift of the transmission with the engagement of a brake B2, a line hydraulic pressure PL is put into the condition of high pressure Phi by using a three-way solenoid 106 for adjusting a pressure control valve 108 to be opened/closed and then first fill for filling oil in a pack is executed by using a linear solenoid 111 for adjusting a control valve 113 to be opened/closed, and the line hydraulic pressure PL is changed over from the condition of the high pressure Phi to the condition of low pressure Plo after finishing the first fill for the engagement of the brake B2. Thus, the preparation of the engagement of the brake B2 is quickly executed and the shifting shock is avoided because the brake B2 does not suddenly engage even when the line hydraulic pressure BL is operated directly on the brake B2 with the malfunction of the linear solenoid 111 or others. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a state detecting device for a transmission, preventing an error in detecting the state of the transmission. SOLUTION: In a running gear for outputting power from a motor via the transmission to a driving shaft, a rotating speed Nr (a thick solid line in Fig.) of the driving shaft detected by a sensor (for example, a MRE sensor) which has detecting responsiveness changed with the rotating speed of the driving shaft has a response delay from a change in an actual rotating speed Nr (a thin solid line in Fig.) of the driving shaft when the rotating speed of the driving shaft is changed, while a rotating speed Nm2 (a thin dotted line in Fig.) of a motor detected by a sensor (for example, a resolver) which has relatively high accuracy and high responsiveness is almost equal to the actual rotating speed of the motor even when the rotating speed of the motor is changed. At this time, a moderating constant which is set to correspond to a response delay time constant is used for applying moderating control to the rotating speed Nm2 of the motor to calculate a regulated rotating speed Nm2smo (a thick dotted line in Fig.) so that a gear ratio calculated by dividing it by the rotating speed Nr is used for determining the malfunction of the transmission. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power output device which prevents overcharging of a battery. SOLUTION: In a hybrid car in which a carrier, a sun gear and a ring gear of a planetary gearing mechanism are connected to an engine, a first motor and a driving shaft respectively and a second motor is connected to the driving shaft, when required torque to be outputted to the driving shaft is suddenly reduced (when a value of a throttle opening annealing prohibition flag Fth is 1), fuel injection control and ignition control are carried out (S210) while target throttle opening TH* is set on the basis of target torque of the engine set from the required torque (S202) and the throttle control is executed as it is without being subjected to annealing treatment for purification of exhaust or the like with respect to the target throttle opening TH* (S208). By so doing, engine output is swiftly reduced to suppress the generation power of the first motor for receiving reaction force of the engine torque. As a result, overcharging of a battery can be prevented while corresponding to the required torque of the driving shaft which is abruptly reduced by the second motor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control unit of an engagement device for hybrid vehicles that brings about neither impairment of durability of the engagement device nor occurrence of an engagement shock even when a maximum torque state of a first rotator and/or second rotator is affected by gear change of a stepped transmission.SOLUTION: When at least one of a first electric motor M1 and a second electric motor M2 is run with a predefined maximum torque of a positive or negative side, if an engagement device to be involved in clutch-to-clutch gear change of an automatic transmission 20 is slipperily activated, the slippery state of the engagement device is controlled by changing a torque capacity of the engagement device. Therefore, the slippery state of the engagement device can be approached to a predefined target slippery state (target input shaft number-of-rotations change rate dωm2/dt(rad/sec2)). Accordingly, impairment of durability of the engagement device or occurrence of an engagement shock of the engagement device, that is, a gear change shock of a vehicle can be preferably suppressed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress shaking of an electric vehicle, and also suppress deterioration of fuel consumption thereof.SOLUTION: When it is not in regenerative cooperation conversion for converting a regenerative torque of a motor into braking force by a hydraulic brake, a damping control-on request is output when a motor speed variation ΔNm is a threshold value Nref or more (S140), and a damping control-off request is output when the motor speed variation ΔNm is less than the threshold value Nref (S150). Alternatively, when it is in regenerative cooperation conversion, the damping control-on request is output regardless as to whether the motor speed variation ΔNm is the threshold value Nref or more (S140). Thereby, shaking of a vehicle due to torque fluctuation of a drive shaft easily occurring in regenerative cooperation conversion can be suppressed, and also the shaking can be quickly reduced even if the shaking occurs. Also, deterioration of fuel consumption can be suppressed in comparison to the type that always performs the damping control.