Drive control device for hybrid vehicle
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Sep 27, 2016
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Mar 26, 2015
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Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 26, 2012
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Abstract
A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a differential device including four rotary elements; and an engine, first and second electric motors and an output rotary member which are respectively connected to the four rotary elements. One of the four rotary elements is constituted by a rotary component of a first differential mechanism and a rotary component of a second differential mechanism selectively connected through a clutch, and one of the rotary components is selectively fixed to a stationary member through a brake. The drive control device comprises: an engagement control portion configured to place the clutch or the brake in a slipping state in a decelerating state of the hybrid vehicle in a hybrid drive mode in which the engine is operated. The first differential mechanism is provided with a first rotary element connected to the first electric motor, a second rotary element connected to the engine, and a third rotary element connected to the output rotary member, while the second differential mechanism is provided with a first rotary element connected to the second electric motor, a second rotary element, and a third rotary element, one of the second and third rotary elements of the second differential mechanism being connected to the third rotary element of the first differential mechanism. The clutch is configured to selectively connect the second rotary element of the first differential mechanism, and the other of the second and third rotary elements of the second differential mechanism which is not connected to the third rotary element of the first differential mechanism, to each other, while the brake is configured to selectively fix the other of the second and third rotary elements of the second differential mechanism which is not connected to the third rotary element of the first differential mechanism, to the stationary member.
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