Control apparatus for vehicle drive system
First Claim
1. A control apparatus for a vehicle drive system, in which an internal combustion engine is coupled to a pinion gear of a planetary gear set through a carrier, a first motor generator is coupled to sun gear of the planetary gear set and a wheel drive shaft is coupled to a ring gear of the planetary gear set and a second motor generator is coupled to the wheel drive shaft, the control apparatus comprising:
- a limp-home travel control section configured to change a vehicle operation mode to a limp-home travel mode, in which a vehicle is driven by only drive power of the second motor generator, when a predetermined abnormality occurs; and
an over rotation limitation control section configured to perform, when the vehicle operation mode is changed to the limp-home travel mode due to occurrence of abnormality in a system of the first motor generator, an over rotation limitation control to control a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine so that a difference between a rotation speed of the carrier and a rotation speed of the ring gear is limited to be within a predetermined range and a rotation speed of the pinion gear is limited to be lower than a predetermined limit value.
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Abstract
Over rotation limitation control is performed to control an engine rotation speed so that a rotation speed of a pinion gear of a planetary gear set will not exceed a limit value, when a travel mode is changed to a limp-home travel mode in response to an abnormality in an inverter for a first motor generator. With this over rotation limitation control, a difference between rotation speeds of a ring gear coupled to a wheel side and a carrier coupled to an engine side. Thus, when the limp-home travel mode is performed due to the abnormality in the inverter for the first motor generator, a secondary failure, in which the pinion gear burns out and the planetary gear set fails, is prevented.
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1. A control apparatus for a vehicle drive system, in which an internal combustion engine is coupled to a pinion gear of a planetary gear set through a carrier, a first motor generator is coupled to sun gear of the planetary gear set and a wheel drive shaft is coupled to a ring gear of the planetary gear set and a second motor generator is coupled to the wheel drive shaft, the control apparatus comprising:
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a limp-home travel control section configured to change a vehicle operation mode to a limp-home travel mode, in which a vehicle is driven by only drive power of the second motor generator, when a predetermined abnormality occurs; and an over rotation limitation control section configured to perform, when the vehicle operation mode is changed to the limp-home travel mode due to occurrence of abnormality in a system of the first motor generator, an over rotation limitation control to control a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine so that a difference between a rotation speed of the carrier and a rotation speed of the ring gear is limited to be within a predetermined range and a rotation speed of the pinion gear is limited to be lower than a predetermined limit value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A control apparatus for a vehicle drive system, in which an internal combustion engine is coupled to a pinion gear of a planetary gear set through a carrier, a first motor generator is coupled to sun gear of the planetary gear set and a wheel drive shaft is coupled to a ring gear of the planetary gear set and a second motor generator is coupled to the wheel drive shaft, the control apparatus comprising:
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a limp-home travel control section configured to change a vehicle operation mode to a limp-home travel mode, in which a vehicle is driven by drive power of the second motor generator, when a predetermined abnormality occurs; and an over rotation limitation control section configured to perform, when the vehicle operation mode is changed to the limp-home travel mode, an over rotation limitation control to lower a travel speed of the vehicle so that a difference between a rotation speed of the carrier and a rotation speed of the ring gear is limited to be within a predetermined range and a rotation speed of the pinion gear is limited to be lower than a predetermined limit value. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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