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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress deviations in deceleration, before and after the switching of a traveling mode in case of switching a current traveling mode to an EV traveling mode. SOLUTION: A control apparatus of a vehicle is provided with an engine 10; a motor/generator 20; and a manual transmission 30 for transmitting the power of the engine 10 and/or the motor/generator 20 to driving wheel WR and WL sides, and is configured to switch an engine traveling mode, by using the power of the engine 10 and an EV traveling mode using the power of the motor/generator 20 and a hybrid traveling mode by using the powers of both the engine 10 and the motor/generator 20 for making the vehicle travel. When a current traveling mode is switched to an EV traveling mode, the object quantity for the regeneration of the motor/generator 20, after the switching of the traveling mode, are set based on the transmission gear ratio of the manual transmission 30, before the switching of the traveling mode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control technology of a hybrid vehicle for performing operation to switch a shift level while maintaining a clutch corresponding to an input shaft in an engaged state in a transmission mechanism in which the rotor of an electric motor is engaged with the input shaft. SOLUTION: An ECU 100 of a hybrid car 1 is configured to offset torque transmitted from an organization output shaft 8 to a second input shaft 28 by making torque opposed to the torque act on the second input shaft 28 by an electric motor 50 in the case of switching a current shift level which is a shift level currently put in an engaged state in a second transmission mechanism 40 to a new shift level which is a shift level to be newly put in an engaged state in the second transmission mechanism 40, and to perform a release operation to put the current shift level in a release state in the second transmission mechanism 40, and to make an internal combustion engine 5 and an electric motor 50 cooperatively operate so as to set the rotating speed of the second input shaft 28 to a target rotating speed set based on a vehicle speed and the new shift level, and to perform an engaging operation to put the new shift level put in the release state in the engaged state. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle control technique capable of suppressing operation of an internal combustion engine in an operation state with a high fuel consumption rate even when a vehicle start cornering during acceleration and coasting travel. SOLUTION: An HVECU 100 makes a vehicle 1 perform acceleration and coasting travel by repeating acceleration travel in which an internal combustion engine 10 is brought into an operation state to drive the vehicle 1 by driving force and coasting travel in which the engine 10 is brought into an non-operation state to drive the vehicle 1 by coasting force between preset upper and lower limit vehicle speeds. When determining that the vehicle 1 is cornering during acceleration travel, the HVECU 100 stops the acceleration travel, lowers the driving force in comparison to the case where the acceleration travel is not stopped in the cornering, and also makes a motor MG1 operate as a power generator to convert kinetic energy by the lowering of the driving force into charging electric power. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide control technology for a hybrid vehicle, which suppresses rotational speed change in an engine output shaft while cranking an internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: This hybrid vehicle 1 is provided with an ECU 100 as a control means controlling an operation state of a starter motor 7 and output torque of a traveling motor 50. The ECU 100 adjusts the output torque transmitted to the engine output shaft 8 from the traveling motor 50 such that the output torque suppresses the rotational speed change of the engine output shaft 8 when the starter motor 7 is started, to suppress the rotational speed change by the output torque from the traveling motor 50 even when the rotational speed change occurs in the engine output shaft 8 when using only the starter motor 7 for cranking. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hybrid vehicle that suppresses a reduction in motor output. SOLUTION: The hybrid vehicle 1 comprises: a high voltage alternator 3 for generating power from part of an engine output generated by an engine 2 for driving front wheels 13; a motor generator 4 connected to the high voltage alternator 3 to drive rear wheels 14; a high voltage battery 5 connected for the connection between the high voltage alternator 3 and the motor generator 4, via a relay 6; and a hybrid ECU 7 for controlling the relay 6. The hybrid ECU 7 shuts off the relay 6 if the available voltage of the high voltage alternator 3 is higher than the storage voltage of the high voltage battery 5 when the motor generator 4 is operated on the power generated by the high voltage alternator 3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly restrain efficiency lowering of a hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: Power circulation is avoided by stopping rotation of a motor generator with engagement of a brake to be fixed (S103, S104), when a rotation speed Ng of the motor generator is negative (direction reverse to a rotational direction of an engine). A required rotation speed Ng0 of the motor generator is calculated under a high efficiency condition where a speed Ne of an engine 50 is consistent with the required rotation speed Ng0 on an optimum fuel consumption line (S106), when the brake is engaged, and the brake is released to release the rotation speed of the motor generator (S107, S108), when the required rotation speed Ng0 is a positive prescribed value Ng1 or more (direction same to the direction of the rotational direction of the engine). COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly start on an ascending sloped road, and to cope with the situation where smooth starting cannot be made. SOLUTION: Braking for front wheels output with power from an engine is released, under conditions where braking for rear wheels is held (S140), and a throttle opening TH is made large gradually, to bring an engine speed into a target speed Ne* corresponding to a road face slope θ(S180), when a driver returns a brake pedal on an up-hill sloped road. Braking for the rear wheels is released (S240), when an output torque Tem output to the front wheels and the rear wheels gets larger than a target torque Td*, corresponding to the road face slope θ, to start. The start is smoothed thereby on the ascending sloped road. The braking for the front wheels is returned to an original state to inhibit ascending sloped road start control (S260, S270), when the slippage of the front wheels is determined before the output torque Tem comes to the target torque Td*, and a stoppage condition is held, so as to cope with even the situation that does not allow smooth start. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly control charge and discharge for a charge accumulator such as a battery, and to enhance fuel economy for a vehicle. SOLUTION: A carrier 34 is connected to a case by a clutch C1, and a sun gear 31 is connected to the case by a clutch C2, in a power distribution integration mechanism 30 with a motor MG1 connected to the sun gear 31, with front wheels 63a, 63b connected to a ring gear 32, and with a crank shaft 26 of an engine 22 connected to the carrier 34. The clutch C2 is turned on, when a residual amount (SOC) of the battery 50 is small, to travel while fixing the motor MG1 in a rotation incapable condition, and the clutch C1 is turned on, when the residual amount (SOC) of the battery 50 is large, to travel while fixing the engine 22 in a rotation incapable condition, when generating power circulation. The charge and discharge for the battery 50 is properly controlled thereby, and the fuel economy for the vehicle is also enhanced thereby. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more certainly perform fuel injection into a cylinder stopping within a predetermined scope at the time of stopping an internal combustion engine, and to more quickly start the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: In the internal combustion engine, when a stop angle CAs1 of the cylinder where fuel injection is performed is outside the fuel injection stopping scope (CA1 to CA2) which is able to burn at the starting, a fuel injection starting rotational speed Nref1 which is an engine rotational speed permitting the fuel injection at the engine stop is reduced to adjust, and a fuel injection stop rotational number Nref2 which is an engine rotational speed re-prohibiting the fuel injection is increased to adjust (S210 to S230). When a stop angle CAs2 of the cylinder not performing the fuel injection is within the fuel injection stop scope, the fuel injection starting rotational speed Nref1 is increased to adjust, and the fuel injection stop rotational number Nref2 is reduced to adjust (S240 to S260). Thereby, the fuel injection can be certainly performed by the cylinder stopping in the scope of the fuel injection stop. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more promptly start an internal combustion engine and suppress disadvantages caused by unburned fuel injected beforehand at the time of stop of the internal combustion engine. SOLUTION: When engine speed Ne reaches fuel injection start speed Nref1, if a shift position SP is a position capable of running, fuel injection is permitted, and fuel injection is performed before the engine is stopped, with respect to a cylinder stopped within a fuel injection stop range from an intake stroke to a compression stroke at the time of stop of the engine (S150). If the shift position SP is a position incapable of running, fuel injection beforehand with respect to the cylinder stopped within the fuel injection stop range is prohibited (S140, S190). Due to this, next start of the engine can be promptly performed, and disadvantages caused by stop of the engine for relatively long time with injected fuel unburned can be avoided. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI