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Patent No.:

US 10407081 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2017

Hybrid vehicle

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Shinji Ichikawa, Toyota, JP;

Hiroaki Takeuchi, Toyota, JP;

Ryuta Ishida, Okazaki, JP;

Hiroaki Arakawa, Nagakute, JP;

Shigeki Kinomura, Toyota, JP;

Keita Hashimoto, Toyota, JP;

Akio Uotani, Toyota, JP;

Kazuyuki Kagawa, Toyota, JP;

Yusuke Kinoshita, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thomas G Black

Assistant Examiner:

Wae L Louie

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/12 (2012.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60L 53/14 (2019.01); B60L 50/10 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/12 (2013.01); B60L 50/10 (2019.02); B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0089 (2013.01); B60W 2510/242 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2530/14 (2013.01); B60W 2530/18 (2013.01); B60W 2560/02 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6269 (2013.01); Y02T 10/84 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract

A utilization index IDX is calculated based on one or more parameters (the number of times of charging/the number of trips, total battery charger connection time/total vehicle stop time, total EV traveling distance/total HV traveling distance, total EV traveling time/total HV traveling time, total EV traveling distance/total traveling distance, total EV traveling time/total traveling time, total charge amount/total fuel supply quantity) obtained based on a ratio of an EV traveling utilization level to an HV traveling utilization level or a total traveling utilization level, and the utilization index IDX is stored. Since the utilization index IDX is calculated such that as each parameter is larger, utilization of charging of a battery by a battery charger is performed more sufficiently. Accordingly, the utilization index IDX can be used as an index that offers more accurate determination regarding a utilization status of the battery charging.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ichikawa, Shinji. (2019). Hybrid vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 10407081). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10407081

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