Patent ID: 9061676
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B60W,F02B,F02D,F16H

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control apparatus mounted in a vehicle including an engine, two clutches mounted downstream of the engine to individually receive an output torque from the engine, two actuators to change torque capacities of the two clutches, two transmission mechanisms mounted downstream of the two clutches and including a common output shaft, an accelerator operated by a driver, and a throttle valve to adjust an amount of air flowing into the engine, the vehicle control apparatus being programmed to execute in a gear change period switching control to switch transmission paths of the output torque from one of the two clutches and two transmission mechanisms to another of the two clutches and two transmission mechanisms and to execute rotation control to change a rotation speed of the engine by ensuring a difference between the output torque and the torque capacities, the vehicle control apparatus comprising: a target value determination unit programmed to determine a target value of the output torque based on an amount of operation of the accelerator; and a change suppression unit programmed to reduce a time rate of changing of the target value of the output torque in the gear change period with a decrease of the rotation speed of the engine, in case the target value of the output target is changed from a value greater than a load torque inputted from the transmission path to the engine toward a boundary value where the output torque is equal to the load torque.