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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Ito, Nagakute, JP;
Kosuke Aiki, Nagakute, JP;
Kisaburo Hayakawa, Nagakute, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Nagakute, JP;
Hideto Inagaki, Nagakute, JP;
Masaki Okamura, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A series hybrid vehicle is equipped with an engine, a first motor generator, and a second motor generator. The vehicle has a reduction gear that is a first power transmission mechanism for engaging the engine with the first motor generator, a reduction gear that is a second power transmission mechanism for engaging the first motor generator with a vehicle drive shaft, and a clutch that is capable of engaging the first motor generator with one of the two reduction gears in a switching manner. The vehicle further has a transmission that switches between transmission gear ratios and engages the second motor generator with the vehicle drive shaft.