Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid vehicle and control method thereof
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Application No.: US14254064Application Date: 2014-04-16
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Publication No.: US09598072B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Takanori Aoki
- Applicant: Takanori Aoki
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
- Priority: JP2013-088396 20130419
- Main IPC: B60L11/00
- IPC: B60L11/00 ; B60W20/00 ; B60W10/30 ; B60H1/00

Abstract:
An ECU determines whether or not fuel in a fuel tank deteriorates. A heating system is configured to be able to perform heating (engine heating) using heat of an engine which heating uses the engine under operation as a heat source, and heating (heat-pump heating) using a heat pump cycle without using the engine as a heat source. When it is determined that the fuel in the fuel tank deteriorates, the ECU controls the heating system and the engine so as to give priority to the engine heating over the heat-pump heating.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140316624A1 HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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