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Control apparatus and control method of vehicle

  • US 9,884,568 B2
  • Filed: 10/15/2014
  • Issued: 02/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle including a three-phase AC motor and a power converter, the three-phase AC motor being driven at a rotation speed synchronized with a rotation speed of a drive shaft of the vehicle, and the power converter including a first switching element and a second switching element, which are connected in series to each other, for each of three phases of the three-phase AC motor and being configured to convert electric power supplied to the three-phase AC motor from DC power to AC power, the control apparatus comprisingan electronic control unit configured to:

  • determine whether the rotation speed of the three-phase AC motor is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value and whether a stopping operation that stops the vehicle is performed;

    determine that the vehicle stops when the rotation speed of the three-phase AC motor is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold value and the stopping operation is performed;

    determine whether the vehicle skids; and

    switch a state of the power converter to a state where all on one side of the first switching elements and the second switching elements are turned off and at least one on the other side of the first switching elements and the second switching elements is turned on when the electronic control unit determines that the vehicle stops and the vehicle does not skid.

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