Patent ID: 7179195

Claim:
A driving force control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle having an engine, a motor/generator, a transmission for transmitting powers of the engine and the motor/generator to driving wheels of the vehicle, and an engine clutch disposed between the engine and the transmission, the driving force control apparatus comprising: a target driving torque determining section that determines a target driving torque based on an accelerator opening degree and a vehicle speed; a compensating torque calculating section that calculates a compensating torque for compensating for decrease in a vehicle driving force otherwise caused at the time of engagement of the engine clutch; a vehicle-driving motor torque calculating section that calculates a vehicle-driving motor torque by subtracting the compensating torque from a maximum motor torque of the motor/generator; an engagement instructing section that instructs the engine clutch to start engagement; and a driving torque correcting section that corrects the target driving torque to a corrected target driving torque that can be realized by the vehicle-driving motor torque after engagement of the engine clutch is started and before the engagement of the engine clutch is completed.