| abstract |
A hybrid drive apparatus is provided that driveability can be reliably obtained when the vehicle is started in an electric drive mode. The hybrid drive apparatus includes an input member drivingly connected to a rotary electric machine and drive-connected to an internal combustion engine via an input clutch, an output member driving-connected to the input member and transmitting rotation of the input member to wheels, and a control device controlling the rotary electric machine. The input clutch has a plurality of friction materials and an elastic member that presses the plurality of friction materials against each other with a predetermined urging force and is configured to transmit a torque by the urging force of the elastic member, and the control device is capable of Perform valve opening / closing phase control that makes or retains the opening / closing phases of valve elements provided in the internal combustion engine via a valve opening / closing phase adjusting mechanism and, when the internal combustion engine is in a stopped state before starting a vehicle, the opening Preventing / closing phases of the valve elements to bring the opening / closing phases of the valve elements in a Vorsionilphausustand relative to predetermined reference phases, thus the vehicle with a torque of the rotary electric machine in the Voraseilphasenzan d to start. |