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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuhiro Tajima, Nisshin, JP;
Kunihiko Jinno, Toyota, JP;
Haruki Oguri, Toyota, JP;
Yoshikazu Motozono, Miyoshi, JP;
Kiyomi Nagamiya, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60L 7/16 (2006.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 7/16 (2013.01); B60L 7/18 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/461 (2013.01); B60L 2250/26 (2013.01); B60L 2270/12 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7258 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a vehicle is in an accelerator off state and satisfies a free-run condition, a regeneration control unit performs free-run control on the vehicle so that the amount of regenerative electric power is decreased. The regeneration control unit sets a free-run prohibited zone between a starting point of a regeneration enhancement zone and a position that is located in front of and separated by a determination distance from the starting point.