Patent ID: 7243010
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,B60Y,F02D,F02N,F16H,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for a vehicle to be driven by at least one of an engine and an electric generator, as a drive power source, comprising: a vehicle-deceleration detecting device operable to determine whether the vehicle is in a decelerating state; and a drive-power-source braking control means device, operable when said vehicle-deceleration detecting device determines that the vehicle is in a deceleration state, for controlling a braking torque produced by said drive power source, on the basis of a regenerative braking torque produced by said electric generator, and an amount of decompression of non-operating cylinders of said engine.