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Patent No.:

US 10189344 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2016

Hybrid vehicle

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;

Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;

Toshiki Kanada, Anjo, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Derek D Knight

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 6/387 (2007.10); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/20 (2016.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60K 6/38 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/387 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/20 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60K 2006/381 (2013.01); B60W 2540/04 (2013.01); B60W 2710/021 (2013.01); B60W 2710/081 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hybrid vehicle includes a transmission unit and a clutch. The transmission unit is configured to be able to switch into a neutral state. The hybrid vehicle is able to transmit power of an engine through any one of a first path through which power is transmitted to a first MG from the engine via the transmission unit and a differential unit and another second path through which power is transmitted from the engine. The clutch is provided in the second path. The clutch switches between an engaged state where power is transmitted and a released state where transmission of power is interrupted. The controller sets the transmission unit to the neutral state and sets the clutch to the engaged state, and then starts the engine by increasing the rotation speed of the engine with the use of the first MG.

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