Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid vehicle
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Application No.: US17589701Application Date: 2022-01-31
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Publication No.: US11767039B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Akiyoshi Fukai , Takahiro Andoh , Tetsuro Shibata
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Agency: HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP
- Priority: JP 21015483 2021.02.03
- Main IPC: B60W60/00
- IPC: B60W60/00 ; B60W20/40 ; B60W40/13 ; B60W40/09

Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the engine and the motor. The controller is configured to, when the engine is operated under load at the time when the vehicle slows down and stops in an autonomous driving mode in which the vehicle runs without driver's operation, set a controlling lower limit rotation speed of the engine to a maximum rotation speed out of a plurality of candidate rotation speeds and control the engine such that the engine is operated under load within a range higher than or equal to the controlling lower limit rotation speed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220242454A1 HYBRID VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2022-08-04
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