Patent ID: 9180876
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B60K,B60W,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle provided with an engine, an electric motor, a clutch for placing a power transmitting path between said engine and said electric motor in a power transmitting state and a power cutoff state, and a transmission disposed in a power transmitting path between said electric motor and drive wheels, the hybrid vehicle being switchable between a motor drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle is driven with said electric motor being used as a vehicle drive power source while said clutch is placed in a released state, and an engine drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle is driven with said engine being used as a main vehicle drive power source while said clutch is placed in an engaged state, and an operating speed of said engine being raised by said electric motor in a slipping state of said clutch when the hybrid vehicle is switched from said motor drive mode to said engine drive mode, wherein: said control apparatus comprises a processor and a memory storing a computer readable and executable instruction set, such that, when said transmission is selected to undergo a shift-down control to shift down said transmission while said hybrid vehicle is switched from said motor drive mode to said engine drive mode, said processor executes said computer readable and executable instruction set to: