Control device for vehicular power transmitting apparatus

Abstract

A vehicle includes a differential portion (11) controlling a differential state between the number of rotations of an input shaft connected to an engine (8), and the number of rotations of an output shaft connected to drive wheels, with controlling an operating state of an electric motor M1, and an automatic shifting portion (20) forming part of a power transmitting path. The present invention relates to a control device for a vehicular power transmitting apparatus for preventing degradation in operability of the vehicle, even in the presence of a shifting command resulting from a manual shift operation when the automatic shifting portion (20) remains under a limited shifting state. More particularly, if the shifting command is present due to the manual shift operation, the differential state of the differential portion (11) is controlled, thereby causing a variation in a drive force at a rate corresponding to the shifting command. This appropriately prevents the occurrence of degradation in operability of the vehicle regardless of the limited shifting of the automatic shifting portion (20).

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