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AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTooru Matsubara, Atsushi Tabata, Masakazu Kaifuku
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A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system including (a) a first drive power source, (b) an electrically controlled differential portion which has a differential mechanism and a second drive power source connected to a rotary element of the differential mechanism and which is operable to control a differential state between a rotating speed of its input shaft connected to the first drive power source and a rotating speed of its output shaft by controlling an operating state of the second drive power source, (c) a switching portion operable to switch a power transmitting path between the electrically controlled differential portion and a drive wheel of a vehicle, between a power transmitting state and a power cut-off state, and (d) a third drive power source operatively connected to the power transmitting path, the control apparatus including a power-source torque-variation reducing portion configured to reduce an amount of variation of a torque of the first drive power source or the third drive power source upon switching of the power transmitting path from the power cut-off state to the power transmitting state.
A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system including (a) a first drive power source, (b) an electrically controlled differential portion which has a differential mechanism and a second drive power source connected to a rotary element of the differential mechanism and which is operable to control a differential state between a rotating speed of its input shaft connected to the first drive power source and a rotating speed of its output shaft by controlling an operating state of the second drive power source, and (c) a switching portion operable to switch a power transmitting path between the electrically controlled differential portion and a drive wheel of a vehicle, between a power transmitting state and a power cut-off state, said control apparatus comprising:
A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system including (a) a first drive power source, (b) an electrically controlled differential portion which has a differential mechanism and a second drive power source connected to a rotary element of the differential mechanism and which is operable to control a differential state between a rotating speed of its input shaft connected to the first drive power source and a rotating speed of its output shaft by controlling an operating state of the second drive power source, (c) a switching portion operable to switch a power transmitting path between the electrically controlled differential portion and a drive wheel of a vehicle, between a power transmitting state and a power cut-off state, and (d) a third drive power source operatively connected to a portion of said power transmitting path, said control apparatus comprising:
A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system including (a) a first drive power source, (b) a switching portion operable to switch a power transmitting path between the first drive power source and a drive wheel of a vehicle, between a power transmitting state and a power cut-off state, and (c) an electric motor operatively connected to a portion of said power transmitting path, said control apparatus comprising:
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