Patent ID: 8303467

Claim:
A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system including (a) an electrically controlled differential portion having a differential mechanism and operable to control a differential state between its input and output speeds by controlling an operating state of an electric motor connected to a rotary element of the differential mechanism, and (b) an automatic transmission portion which constitutes a part of a power transmitting path between the electrically controlled differential portion and a drive wheel of a vehicle, said control apparatus comprising: a non-iso-power shifting control portion causing a drive power to be limited or reduced when a required shifting action of the automatic transmission portion is restricted, and wherein the vehicular drive system further includes a vehicle drive power source operatively connected to the electrically controlled differential portion, and said non-iso-power shifting control portion includes a drive-power-source output reducing portion to reduce an output of said vehicle drive power source when the required shifting action of the transmission portion is restricted.