Patent ID: 11912125
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A drive apparatus for vehicle comprising:
a first power source;
a first output rotating member receiving power from the first power source and outputting power to one wheels of front wheels and rear wheels;
a second output rotating member outputting power to the other wheels of the front wheels and the rear wheels;
a second power source;
a differential device having a first rotary element to which the second power source is connected, a second rotary element to which one of the first output rotating member and the second output rotating member is connected, and a third rotary element;
a first engagement device selectively connecting the third rotary element and the other of the first output rotating member and the second output rotating member;
a second engagement device selectively connecting any two of the first rotary element, the second rotary element, and the third rotary element, and
a control device,
the control device establishing, as drive modes driving a vehicle, a first drive mode controlling a torque distribution ratio between the front wheels and the rear wheels by putting the vehicle in all-wheel drive state by power from the second power source while controlling the first engagement device to be in slip state with the second engagement device kept in engaged state, and a second drive mode putting the vehicle in all-wheel drive state by power from the first power source while fixing the torque distribution ratio with both the first engagement device and the second engagement device kept in engaged state,
when switching the drive mode from the first drive mode to the second drive mode, the control device switching the power source driving the vehicle from the second power source to the first power source, after switching the first engagement device from slip state to engaged state while keeping the second engagement device in engaged state.