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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60K 6/543 (2007.10); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 30/192 (2012.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60K 6/543 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 30/192 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); F02N 11/0851 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fail-safe control device is provided for hybrid vehicles which allows a travel distance of a vehicle to be extended in an event of an ON-failure of a second clutch. An integrated controller switches between an HEV mode and an EV mode by controlling a first clutch between an engine and a motor, and a second clutch between the motor and a continuously variable transmission. The integrated controller prohibits the transition from the HEV mode to the EV mode when a clutch failure determination unit detects an ON-failure of the second clutch while the vehicle is traveling in the HEV mode.