Patent ID: 6840889

Claim:
A control device for a vehicle comprising: a transmission which connects an input shaft connected to an internal combustion engine to an output shaft connected to driving wheels in such a manner that transmission gear ratio therebetween is changeable, and so as to transmit driving power of the internal combustion engine to the driving wheels; an oil pump driven by the internal combustion engine; a motor-driven oil pump which is provided independently from the oil pump, and which is driven by being supplied electrical power from an electrical power source; an oil pressure providing section which provides oil pressure for controllably operating the transmission by using operation oil supplied from the oil pump and motor-driven oil pump; an oil pressure measuring section for measuring the oil pressure provided by the oil pressure providing section; an engine stopping command output section for outputting an engine stopping command which makes the internal combustion engine stop upon predetermined stop conditions; and a control section for controlling the operation of the motor-driven oil pump depending on the engine stopping command output from the engine stopping command output section and depending on the measured oil pressure output from the oil pressure measuring section; wherein the control section makes the motor-driven oil pump start when the measured oil pressure output from the oil pressure measuring section is equal to or smaller than a predetermined operation-starting threshold value after the engine stopping command is output from the engine stopping command output section; and wherein the control section controls the motor-driven oil pump so that the oil pressure measuring section outputs oil pressure greater than a predetermined oil pressure which is required to set the transmission in a state in which the input shaft and the output shaft is about to be connected.