Patent ID: 9242650
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B60W,F16F

Claim Text:
1. A control apparatus which is applied to a vehicle, the vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a variable inertia flywheel being provided on an output shaft of the internal combustion engine, the variable inertia flywheel having: a first inertial body which rotates with the output shaft integrally; a second inertial body physically different from the first inertial body; and an electromagnetic coil, and being allowed to change a moment of inertia by connecting the first inertial body and the second inertial body by using electromagnetic force which is generated when a current is supplied to the electromagnetic coil, wherein the control apparatus controls the internal combustion engine and the variable inertia flywheel, and the control apparatus is programmed so as to include control programming instructions to decrease the current supplied to the electromagnetic coil while controlling the internal combustion engine so that a torque of the internal combustion engine is reduced while power to be output from the internal combustion engine is maintained, in a case that temperature of the electromagnetic coil is higher than a predetermined determination temperature when: the internal combustion engine is being operated; and the first inertial body and the second inertial body are being connected by the current supplied to the electromagnetic coil.