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1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine equipped with a drive shaft pulley, an electric motor, a motor shaft pulley, a belt, and a first tensioner, the drive shaft pulley being joined to a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine, the motor shaft pulley being joined to a motor shaft of the electric motor, the belt being wound around the drive shaft pulley and the motor shaft pulley, the first tensioner being placed in contact with the belt between the drive shaft pulley and the motor shaft pulley, the control apparatus comprising:
a pulley moving controller which works to actuate the electric motor in a motor mode to move the first tensioner pulley away from a reference position toward a given target position before an engine start request is made to start the internal combustion engine, the reference position being a position where the first tensioner pulley lies when the internal combustion engine and the electric motor are both at rest, the target position being defined to be away from the belt in a movable range of the first tensioner pulley; a starter controller which works to actuate the electric motor in the motor mode to rotate the drive shaft of the internal combustion engine when the engine start request is made; and a rotation controller which works to restrict rotation of the electric motor so as to keep a speed of the electric motor below a speed at which the electric motor is capable of producing a maximum torque until a given period of time passes from when the starter controller starts actuating the electric motor in the motor mode. |
