Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle and method of controlling vehicle
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Application No.: US15114577Application Date: 2015-01-21
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Publication No.: US09834200B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Takashi Murata , Shingo Kato
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- 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: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JP2014-018068 20140131
- International Application: PCT/IB2015/000050 WO 20150121
- International Announcement: WO2015/114434 WO 20150806
- Main IPC: B60K11/08
- IPC: B60K11/08 ; B60K6/445 ; B60W10/06 ; B60W10/08 ; B60W10/26 ; B60W20/15 ; B60W20/00 ; B60W20/13

Abstract:
A vehicle has an engine (26), a power storage device (10), two motor/generators (M/G1, M/G2), a front grille with a shutter, an engine room, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a controller. The shutter changes the amount of air introduced from the front grille into the engine room. The first temperature sensor detects a temperature (Tw) of a coolant of the engine, and outputs the detected coolant temperature to the controller. The second temperature sensor detects an outside air temperature (Te), and outpots the detected outside air temperature to the controller. The controller starts the engine (26) when the coolant temperature is equal to or lower than a threshold value. When the coolant temperature is higher than the threshold value, and the vehicle starts traveling in a first mode with power from the power storage device (10), the controller drives the shutter such that the amount of the air is reduced when the coolant temperature (Tw) is higher than the outside air temperature (Te).
Public/Granted literature
- US20160347303A1 VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2016-12-01
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