Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control system for hybrid vehicle
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Application No.: US15301982Application Date: 2015-03-17
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Publication No.: US09956954B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Kensei Hata , Yuji Iwase , Yosuke Suzuki , Koichi Kato , Seitaro Nobuyasu , Taro Moteki
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2014-084386 20140416
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/058651 WO 20150317
- International Announcement: WO2015/159649 WO 20151022
- Main IPC: B60W20/00
- IPC: B60W20/00 ; B60W20/50 ; B60K6/387 ; B60K6/445 ; B60W50/029 ; B60W50/032 ; B60W10/02 ; B60W10/06 ; B60W10/08 ; B60W10/26 ; B60W20/40 ; B60W20/13 ; F16H48/10 ; B60K6/48 ; B60W50/02

Abstract:
A control system for hybrid vehicle for extending a possible travelling distance of the vehicle in the event of clutch failure is provided. The control system is configured to select a first drive mode in which the vehicle is powered by an engine in case an estimated torque transmitting capacity of the clutch in trouble is larger than a first threshold value, and to select a second drive mode in which the vehicle is powered by a motor in case the estimated torque transmitting capacity of the clutch in trouble is smaller than the first threshold value. The control system is further configured to reduce an engine torque to be smaller than the estimated torque transmitting capacity of the clutch in case the first drive mode is selected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170113679A1 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2017-04-27
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