Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for controlling transmission pattern of hybrid vehicle
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Application No.: US14926044Application Date: 2015-10-29
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Publication No.: US10023178B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Dong Jun Shin , Hyuk Jin Lee , Il Kwon Park
- Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company , Kia Motors Corporation
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company,Kia Motors Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul KR Seoul
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Agent Peter F. Corless
- Priority: KR10-2014-0171905 20141203
- Main IPC: B60W20/30
- IPC: B60W20/30 ; F16H61/02 ; F16H61/00

Abstract:
A method of variably controlling a transmission pattern of a hybrid vehicle is provided. The method converts a transmission pattern into a pattern that sufficiently secures engine charge power by considering the total amount of electric load when the transmission pattern is determined based on a current SOC state. The method variably controls the transmission pattern of a hybrid vehicle to prevent a battery SOC excessive decrease due to an increase of electric load of a vehicle by reflecting and compensating for the used amount of electric load of a hybrid vehicle when the type of transmission pattern is determined. Also, fuel efficiency is improved based on the improvement of battery charge efficiency by determining the transmission pattern such that the speed of a transmission input terminal increases when the electric load increases and thus securing the engine charge power for the battery charge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160159342A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION PATTERN OF HYBRID VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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