Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling same
- Patent Title (中): 混合动力车辆及其控制方法
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Application No.: US12376984Application Date: 2007-09-14
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Publication No.: US08209968B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: Shigeki Miyashita , Hiroyuki Hokuto
- Applicant: Shigeki Miyashita , Hiroyuki Hokuto
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2006-250914 20060915
- International Application: PCT/IB2007/002661 WO 20070914
- International Announcement: WO2008/032195 WO 20080320
- Main IPC: B60W20/00
- IPC: B60W20/00 ; B60W10/06 ; B60K6/24 ; F02D41/02 ; F02D41/30

Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle including an engine, a generator capable of generating power by being driven by the engine, an electric motor capable of running on power supplied from the generator, a power split device that transmits output from the engine to a driving wheel and the generator and also transmits output from the electric motor to the driving wheel, and a main ECU that controls an output ratio of the engine and an output ratio of the electric motor using the power split device according to the running state of the vehicle. When the operating mode of the engine is switched between a lean burn operating mode and a stoichiometric burn operating mode, the main ECU selectively increases and decreases the output ratio of the electric motor so that the total output, which is the combined output of the engine and the electric motor, is constant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100162686A1 HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME Public/Granted day:2010-07-01
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