Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling the same
- Patent Title (中): 混合动力车辆及其控制方法
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Application No.: US11919501Application Date: 2006-08-30
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Publication No.: US07847495B2Publication Date: 2010-12-07
- Inventor: Hichirosai Oyobe , Makoto Nakamura
- Applicant: Hichirosai Oyobe , Makoto Nakamura
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2005-253476 20050901
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/317686 WO 20060830
- International Announcement: WO2007/026946 WO 20070308
- Main IPC: H02P1/54
- IPC: H02P1/54

Abstract:
A hybrid automobile, wherein a second power source operated with less frequency can be forcibly operated. The hybrid automobile comprises a storage battery as a first power source. The hybrid automobile further comprises an engine and a motor generator or a fuel cell as the second power source. When the hybrid automobile is run by the first power source, a driver can change over an operation mode to a running by the second power source by operating an input device. The hybrid automobile further comprises a notification means for prompting the driver to operate the input device when the non-operating time of the second power source exceeds a predetermined time or longer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090058326A1 Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling the same Public/Granted day:2009-03-05
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