Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid vehicle and method for controlling hybrid vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 混合动力车辆及其控制方法
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Application No.: US12452445Application Date: 2008-07-09
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Publication No.: US08428803B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Masayuki Komatsu , Kazuyoshi Obayashi , Hiroki Sawada
- Applicant: Masayuki Komatsu , Kazuyoshi Obayashi , Hiroki Sawada
- 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: JP2007-183307 20070712
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/062779 WO 20080709
- International Announcement: WO2009/008546 WO 20090115
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00

Abstract:
An EV priority switch is configured to allow a user to request a change between an EV priority mode and an HV mode. If an SOC of a power storage device is less than a first threshold value when the change to the HV mode is requested from the EV priority switch during the EV priority mode, an ECU changes the running mode to attain the HV mode and controls the SOC to be close to the SOC at the moment of a request for the change to the HV mode. If the SOC is greater than or equal to the first threshold value, the ECU maintains the EV priority mode. If the SOC reaches a second threshold value less than the first threshold value, the ECU forcefully changes the running mode to attain the HV mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100145560A1 HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2010-06-10
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