Patent ID: 9682692
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60W,Y02T,Y10S

Claim:
1. A control apparatus for a vehicle, the control apparatus comprising: a first power transmission path that connects an engine and an electric motor together; a second power transmission path that connects the first power transmission path and drive wheels together; a clutch mechanism inserted in the second power transmission path, and switched over between an engaged state and a disengaged state; a clutch controller that controls the clutch mechanism to be in the engaged state in response to a decrease in a supply current, and controls the clutch mechanism to be in the disengaged state in response to an increase in the supply current; a supply current controller coupled to the clutch controller through a conduction line and to an electric power supply through a first electric power supply line and a second electric power supply line in a parallel fashion, and that controls the supply current supplied to the clutch controller; a self-shut relay that holds a conducting state of the second electric power supply line over a set time, in response to a change in a state of the first electric power supply line from a conducting state to a non-conducting state; and a hybrid control unit that operates with the supply current controller to execute an electric power generating mode upon a stop of the vehicle, the electric power generating mode driving the electric motor to generate electric power upon the stop of the vehicle, and the stop of the vehicle causing the clutch mechanism to be disengaged, wherein when the electric power generating mode is executed, the supply current controller sets the supply current supplied to the clutch controller to a first current value set in the range from a minimum value to a maximum value, and when the state of the first electric power supply line is changed from the conducting state to the non-conducting state in the state the electric power generating mode is executed, the supply current controller increases the supply current supplied to the clutch controller to a second current value larger than the first current value.