Abstract: A vehicle gear includes: a disk portion having a disk shape and a plurality of through holes formed in a circumference direction thereof; and an outer circumference portion having outer circumference teeth formed on an outer circumference side of the disk portion. Further, each of the through holes includes first and second holes (82A, 82B) formed on one and another ends, respectively, thereof in the circumference direction, and a width of the first hole is larger than a width of the second hole in a radial direction of the disk portion.

Abstract: A vehicle gear includes: a disk portion having a disk shape and a plurality of through holes formed in a circumference direction thereof; and an outer circumference portion having outer circumference teeth formed on an outer circumference side of the disk portion. Further, each of the through holes includes first and second holes (82A, 82B) formed on one and another ends, respectively, thereof in the circumference direction, and a width of the first hole is larger than a width of the second hole in a radial direction of the disk portion.

Abstract: A parking lock mechanism comprises: a parking gear; a plate-shaped parking pawl provided with a lock claw; and a cam mechanism including a cam in contact with the parking pawl and moving the cam in parallel with a rotation axis of the parking gear to pivot the parking pawl, the parking pawl having a plate thickness made larger in a portion provided with the lock claw as compared to the other portions of the parking pawl. The portion provided with the lock claw of the parking pawl has a surface that is formed on the front side in a movement direction of the cam at the time of switching from the non-lock state to the lock state and that bulges in the movement direction.

Abstract: Since a friction force generated on friction surfaces between a pressure plate and a first friction material is smaller than a friction force generated on friction surfaces between a lining plate and the first friction material, when a torque is input to a damper device, a slip first occurs between the pressure plate and the first friction material, and the lining plate and the first friction material integrally rotate. In this case, a hysteresis torque is generated based on the friction force between the pressure plate and the first friction material. Since a torque limiter mechanism also acts as a hysteresis mechanism in this way, a torque limiter mechanism is realized that can generate the hysteresis torque with a simple structure.

Abstract: A drive control system for a hybrid vehicle is provided to shift an operating mode smoothly to an electric vehicle mode in which an engine is stopped. A controller is configured to select the electric vehicle mode to be established from the first electric vehicle mode and the second electric vehicle mode upon satisfaction of the determination to shift the operating mode to the electric vehicle mode, to select the clutch to be engaged from the first clutch and the second clutch to establish the selected electric vehicle mode, and to stop the engine while engaging the selected clutch.

Abstract: A drive control system for a hybrid vehicle is provided to shift an operating mode smoothly to an electric vehicle mode in which an engine is stopped. A controller is configured to select the electric vehicle mode to be established from the first electric vehicle mode and the second electric vehicle mode upon satisfaction of the determination to shift the operating mode to the electric vehicle mode, to select the clutch to be engaged from the first clutch and the second clutch to establish the selected electric vehicle mode, and to stop the engine while engaging the selected clutch.

Abstract: Since a friction force generated on friction surfaces between a pressure plate and a first friction material is smaller than a friction force generated on friction surfaces between a lining plate and the first friction material, when a torque is input to a damper device, a slip first occurs between the pressure plate and the first friction material, and the lining plate and the first friction material integrally rotate. In this case, a hysteresis torque is generated based on the friction force between the pressure plate and the first friction material. Since a torque limiter mechanism also acts as a hysteresis mechanism in this way, a torque limiter mechanism is realized that can generate the hysteresis torque with a simple structure.

Abstract: The control device of the present invention causes an engine to perform both partial cylinder operation and also all-cylinder operation, and moreover changes the operating point of the engine when the motor torque of a second motor-generator enters into operating point changeover ranges R1 and R2. The operating point changeover range R2 when the engine is performing partial cylinder operation is set to be wider, as compared to the operating point changeover range R1 when the engine is performing all-cylinder operation.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus configured to selectively establish one of a first drive state in which a vehicle drive force is generated primarily by a second motor/generator operated with an electric energy supplied from an electric-energy storage device while an engine is placed in a rest state, and a second drive state in which a first motor/generator is operated with a drive force of the engine, to generate an electric energy and in which the vehicle drive force is generated primarily by the second motor/generator operated with at least the electric energy generated by the first motor/generator. The vehicle control apparatus is further configured such that the vehicle drive force generated in the second drive state at a given value of an accelerator pedal operation amount ?acc is larger than that generated in the first drive state.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device has an outer rotor type electric motor with a rotor disposed on an outer circumferential side of a stator including a first power transmission path coupling an inside of the rotor and drive wheels; and a second power transmission path coupling an outside of the rotor and the drive wheels, the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path having different gear ratios, one power transmission path of the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path being coupled to the drive wheels to make a gear change.

Abstract: A control device of a vehicle includes: an engine; a connection/disconnection device configured to connect/interrupt the engine; a rotating machine disposed to enable transmission of drive power to the wheels; and a running position selection device, the control device including a first manual mode selected by performing a deceleration increasing operation by a driver for increasing vehicle deceleration while the automatic running position is selected and a second manual mode selected by performing a deceleration increasing operation by a driver for increasing the vehicle deceleration while the manual running position is selected, while the vehicle is running with the engine interrupted from the wheels, if the first manual mode is selected, the vehicle deceleration being generated only by the rotating machine, and if the second manual mode is selected, the connection/disconnection device being put into the connected state to generate the vehicle deceleration at least by the engine.

Abstract: A vehicular indicator device for a hybrid vehicle which is provided with vehicle drive power sources in the form of an engine and an electric motor and which is driven in one of a plurality of vehicle drive modes including an EV drive mode, a series HV drive mode and a parallel HV drive mode that is automatically selected according to a vehicle drive power, said indicator device being configured to indicate the selected vehicle drive mode and said vehicle drive power, the vehicular indicator device being configured to indicate a running state of the hybrid vehicle as represented by said vehicle drive power and said selected vehicle drive mode, in a two-dimensional coordinate system on a display screen, which coordinate system is defined by said vehicle drive power and said selected vehicle drive mode.

Abstract: The control device of the present invention causes an engine to perform both partial cylinder operation and also all-cylinder operation, and moreover changes the operating point of the engine when the motor torque of a second motor-generator enters into operating point changeover ranges R1 and R2. The operating point changeover range R2 when the engine is performing partial cylinder operation is set to be wider, as compared to the operating point changeover range R1 when the engine is performing all-cylinder operation.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus configured to selectively establish one of a first drive state in which a vehicle drive force is generated primarily by a second motor/generator operated with an electric energy supplied from an electric-energy storage device while an engine is placed in a rest state, and a second drive state in which a first motor/generator is operated with a drive force of the engine, to generate an electric energy and in which the vehicle drive force is generated primarily by the second motor/generator operated with at least the electric energy generated by the first motor/generator. The vehicle control apparatus is further configured such that the vehicle drive force generated in the second drive state at a given value of an accelerator pedal operation amount ?acc is larger than that generated in the first drive state.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus configured to selectively establish one of a first drive state in which a vehicle drive force is generated primarily by a second motor/generator operated with an electric energy supplied from an electric-energy storage device while an engine is placed in a rest state, and a second drive state in which a first motor/generator is operated with a drive force of the engine, to generate an electric energy and in which the vehicle drive force is generated primarily by the second motor/generator operated with at least the electric energy generated by the first motor/generator. The vehicle control apparatus is further configured such that the vehicle drive force generated in the second drive state at a given value of an accelerator pedal operation amount ?acc is larger than that generated in the first drive state.

Abstract: A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a differential device including four rotary elements; and an engine, first and second electric motors and an output rotary member which are respectively connected to the four rotary elements. One of the four rotary elements is constituted by a rotary component of a first differential mechanism and a rotary component of a second differential mechanism selectively connected through a clutch, and one of the rotary components of the first and second differential mechanisms which are selectively connected to each other through the clutch is selectively fixed to a stationary member through a brake. The drive control device comprises: an electric motor operation control portion configured to control the second electric motor for starting the engine with an output torque of the second electric motor, when a reaction force is exerted on the first and second electric motors.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes: engine starting means for starting an engine when a need for switching to a 4-wheel drive mode has been forecasted, the hybrid vehicle having a series HV drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle is run with a second electric motor, in the released state of a connecting/disconnecting device, while a first electric motor is operated with a drive force of said engine to generate an electric energy, the control apparatus further including, as said engine starting means, series HV drive controlling means for starting said engine and enlarging a series HV drive mode region for running the hybrid vehicle in said series HV drive mode, so as to cover a portion or an entirety of an original EV drive mode region for running the hybrid vehicle in said EV drive mode, when the need for switching to said 4-wheel drive mode has been forecasted.

Abstract: A vehicle hybrid drive device having an EV running mode enabling a vehicle to run only with a second rotating machine used as a drive power source while an engine is disconnected from a drive power transmission path, a series HEV running mode enabling the vehicle to run only with the second rotating machine used as the drive power source while a first rotating machine is rotationally driven to generate electricity by the engine disconnected from the drive power transmission path, and a parallel HEV running mode enabling the vehicle to run with the engine and at least one of the first and second rotating machines used as the drive power sources while the engine is connected to the drive power transmission path. If a driver desires power-performance-oriented running or fuel-efficiency-oriented running, the range for selecting the series HEV running mode is made narrower or wider, respectively, than usual.

Abstract: A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a differential device including four rotary elements; and an engine, first and second electric motors and an output rotary member which are respectively connected to the four rotary elements. One of the four rotary elements is constituted by a rotary component of a first differential mechanism and a rotary component of a second differential mechanism selectively connected through a clutch, and one of the rotary components of the first and second differential mechanisms which are selectively connected to each other through the clutch is selectively fixed to a stationary member through a brake. The drive control device comprises: an electric motor operation control portion configured to control the second electric motor for starting the engine with an output torque of the second electric motor, when a reaction force is exerted on the first and second electric motors.

Abstract: A vehicle drive device has an outer rotor type electric motor with a rotor disposed on an outer circumferential side of a stator, comprising: a first power transmission path coupling an inside of the rotor and drive wheels; and a second power transmission path coupling an outside of the rotor and the drive wheels, the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path having different gear ratios, one power transmission path of the first power transmission path and the second power transmission path being coupled to the drive wheels to make a gear change.