Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid vehicle and control method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 混合动力车辆及其控制方法
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Application No.: US12532966Application Date: 2007-07-25
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Publication No.: US08499547B2Publication Date: 2013-08-06
- Inventor: Noritake Mitsutani
- Applicant: Noritake Mitsutani
- 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: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
- Priority: JP2007-82217 20070327
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/064579 WO 20070725
- International Announcement: WO2008/117484 WO 20081002
- Main IPC: F01N3/00
- IPC: F01N3/00

Abstract:
Upon a system startup, a hybrid vehicle 20 determines whether a catalyst warm up operation of an engine 22 is to be executed or not based on a catalyst bed temperature Tcat of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst 141 and a state of charge SOC of a battery 50 (S110, S140) and determines whether a forced charging of the battery 50 with an idling of the engine 22 is to be executed or not based on the catalyst bed temperature Tcat, the state of charge SOC and an estimated intake air amount GAidl upon the idling of the engine 22 when the catalyst warm up operation is not to be executed, then controls the engine 22, motors MG1 and MG2 in accordance with determination results (S130, S210).
Public/Granted literature
- US20100107608A1 HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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