Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling hybrid vehicle
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Application No.: US14031909Application Date: 2013-09-19
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Publication No.: US09644557B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Yusuke Mamada
- Applicant: Yusuke Mamada
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2012-225796 20121011
- Main IPC: F02D41/06
- IPC: F02D41/06 ; F02D41/04 ; F02N11/08 ; B60K6/445 ; B60W10/06 ; B60W20/10 ; B60L11/12 ; B60L11/14 ; B60L15/20 ; F02N19/00

Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle includes: an engine, a motor configured to drive the vehicle, an air-fuel ratio sensor, and a control unit configured to stop and start the engine according to vehicle required power. The control unit is configured to change a threshold value of the vehicle required power at which the engine is started such that a difference between an air-fuel ratio detected by the air-fuel ratio sensor and a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio decreases in a case where the difference exceeds a predetermined value when the engine is stopped.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140107910A1 HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2014-04-17
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