Patent ID: 8033939

Claim:
A control apparatus of a vehicle drive apparatus, comprising: an electric differential unit in which a differential state between a number of revolutions of an input shaft and a number of revolutions of an output shaft is controlled by controlling an operation state of a first electric motor linked to a rotating element of a differential mechanism; a limited slip differential means that is capable of limiting the differential state of the differential mechanism; a motive power source linked to the input shaft; a continuously variable transmission unit that constitutes a part of a motive power transmission path; and a gear ratio adjusting means that, when a differential of the electric differential unit is limited by the limited slip differential means, sets an operation point of the motive power source by adjusting a gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission unit relative to a target output of the motive power source, and when the differential of the electric differential unit is not limited, sets the operation point of the motive power source by adjusting an overall gear ratio obtained from the gear ratio of the electric differential unit and the gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission unit relative to the target output of the motive power source.