Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车辆控制装置及方法
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Application No.: US14234895Application Date: 2011-09-13
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Publication No.: US08948952B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Kuniaki Niimi
- Applicant: Kuniaki Niimi
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2011/070809 WO 20110913
- International Announcement: WO2013/038492 WO 20130321
- Main IPC: B60W20/00
- IPC: B60W20/00 ; B60K6/445 ; B60W10/06 ; B60W10/26 ; B60W10/30 ; B60L11/18 ; B60W30/18 ; B60W30/192

Abstract:
A vehicle incorporates an engine to which an engine-related component is attached, a battery charged with electric power supplied from an external power supply, and an electric motor as a driving source to which electric power is supplied from the battery. An ECU causes at least one of the engine-related component and the battery to be heated, using the electric power supplied from outside while the electric power is being supplied from outside, in accordance with a distance over which the vehicle can run by driving the electric motor alone and a distance to a destination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140180519A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2014-06-26
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