Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Series hybrid vehicle
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Application No.: US16208725Application Date: 2018-12-04
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Publication No.: US10556593B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Yoshiaki Ito , Kosuke Aiki , Kisaburo Hayakawa , Hiroyuki Yamaguchi , Hideto Inagaki , Masaki Okamura
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2017-233716 20171205
- Main IPC: B60W30/182
- IPC: B60W30/182 ; B60W10/02 ; B60K6/46 ; B60K6/547 ; B60W10/08 ; B60W20/40 ; B60L50/61

Abstract:
A series hybrid vehicle is equipped with an engine, a first motor generator, and a second motor generator. The vehicle has a reduction gear that is a first power transmission mechanism for engaging the engine with the first motor generator, a reduction gear that is a second power transmission mechanism for engaging the first motor generator with a vehicle drive shaft, and a clutch that is capable of engaging the first motor generator with one of the two reduction gears in a switching manner. The vehicle further has a transmission that switches between transmission gear ratios and engages the second motor generator with the vehicle drive shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190168761A1 SERIES HYBRID VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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