CONTROL APPARATUS FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE

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APP PUB NO 20220227348A1
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17578846

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A control apparatus for a hybrid electric vehicle includes: an engine control portion for controlling an operation state of an engine; and a driving-mode control portion for controlling the vehicle so as to realize selected driving mode or modes. The driving modes include a main-drive-wheel driving mode in which a drive power is distributed to main drive wheels, and an all-wheel driving mode in which the drive power is distributed to the main and auxiliary drive wheels. When the all-wheel driving mode is selected in the main-drive-wheel driving mode with the engine being in a stopped state, the engine control portion is configured to maintain the stopped state of the engine until completion of switching from the main-drive-wheel driving mode to the all-wheel driving mode, and to start the engine after a predetermined operation is executed by the driver of the vehicle to drive the vehicle.

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTA-CHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI-KEN 471-8571

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
ARATAKE, Hironobu Chiryu-shi, JP 8 7
HASEGAWA, Yoshio Chiryu-shi, JP 104 771
TSURUTA, Yoshiaki Nagakute-shi, JP 12 20
TSUTSUMI, Takahiko Nisshin-shi, JP 38 267

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