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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kamachi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiko Ikoma, Tokyo, JP;
Hironori Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Miyamoto, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A power controller of a hybrid vehicle includes: a first drive motor that drives any one of a front wheel and a rear wheel of a vehicle; an engine that drives the one wheel or the corresponding other one of the front wheel and the rear wheel of the vehicle through a clutch; a generator that is driven by the engine; and a voltage transformer that steps down generated electric power supplied to the first drive motor and a battery from the generator. The power controller limits passing power of the voltage transformer according to the temperature of the voltage transformer, and connects the clutch when the passing power of the voltage transformer is limited.