Patent ID: 8296002
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B60K,B60W,F16H,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the vehicle comprising: a rotating electrical machine capable of inputting or outputting a torque with respect to an input shaft; and a transmission, which is disposed between the input shaft and an output shaft coupled with an axle, which is provided with a plurality of engaging apparatuses, which transmits a torque between the input shaft and the output shaft, and which can establish a plurality of gear stages having mutually different transmission gear ratios in accordance with engagement states of the plurality of engaging apparatuses, the transmission gear ratio being a ratio between a rotational speed of the input shaft and a rotational speed of the output shaft, said vehicle control apparatus comprising: a detecting device for detecting a braking operation amount of a driver; and an input shaft torque controlling device for controlling a torque of the input shaft such that in cases where the detected braking operation amount changes in a reducing direction which promotes a reduction in a braking force applied to the vehicle in a coast regeneration speed change period in which the gear stage is changed at the time of coast regeneration of the rotating electrical machine, a change in torque of the output shaft accompanied by the change in the braking operation amount is suppressed.