Patent ID: 9000700
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B60K,B60W,F02D,F02N,H02P,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A motor control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle provided with a three-phase motor and an internal combustion engine, the motor control apparatus starting the internal combustion engine by controlling the three-phase motor, the motor control apparatus comprising: a disconnection check part for checking whether a disconnection is present in any one of three-phase power supply wires of the three-phase motor; a start request check part for checking whether an engine start request for starting the internal combustion engine by the three-phase motor is present; a motor driving inhibition part for inhibiting driving of the three-phase motor as a drive power source for travel of the hybrid vehicle when the disconnection is detected by the disconnection check part; and a motor driving permission part for permitting, under a state that the disconnection is detected by the disconnection check part, driving of the three-phase motor from when the engine start request is detected by the start request check part until when starting the internal combustion engine is completed.