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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Sonoda, Toyota, JP;
Ryota Arakawa, Nagoya, JP;
Masashi Yoshimi, Toyota, JP;
Hiroki Tashiro, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/032 (2016.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); H02K 11/04 (2016.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01); H02K 47/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 29/032 (2016.02); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); H02K 11/048 (2013.01); H02P 27/08 (2013.01); H02K 47/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The vehicle includes an AC motor generator (MG) connected to a driving wheel, a battery, an inverter configured to convert DC power supplied from the battery to AC power and supply the AC power to the MG, and a vehicle ECU configured to control the inverter. The vehicle ECU performs a zero torque control to drive the inverter so that the output torque from the MG is zero when the battery is prohibited from being charged while the MG is being driven to rotate by the motive power from the driving wheel.