Patent ID: 9381908
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: B60K,B60W,B60Y,Y02T,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A hybrid vehicle control apparatus comprising: an engine and a motor as drive sources of a vehicle; a first clutch disposed between the engine and the motor; a second clutch disposed between the motor and a driving wheel; a lockup controller configured to perform a lockup operation to shift the second clutch from slip state into completely engaged state when a predetermined lockup condition is satisfied under a condition that the second clutch is in the slip state; and a second clutch transmitted torque capacity controller included in the lockup controller and configured to perform a lockup-condition second clutch control to control transmitted torque capacity of the second clutch to a value higher by a set quantity than an input torque to the second clutch while the lockup operation is being performed, wherein the input torque corresponds to a state of depression of an accelerator pedal during the shifting of the second clutch from the slip state into the completely engaged state.