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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Ukegawa, Okazaki, JP;
Makoto Oishi, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes a first controller configured to output a first control signal for a first inverter, a second controller configured to output a second control signal for a second inverter and a third control signal for the first inverter, and a selection circuit configured to output either of the first control signal or the third control signal to the first inverter. The third control signal is a signal for simultaneously turning on either of upper arm switching elements or lower arm switching elements of a plurality of arms of the first inverter. The second controller starts an engine by outputting the third control signal while outputting the second control signal to drive a second motor generator when abnormality occurs in the first controller.