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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2018
Applicants:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Sang Joon Kim, Seoul, KR;

Young Chui Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;

Leehyoung Cho, Suwon-si, KR;

Dong Ho Yang, Incheon, KR;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/20 (2007.10); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 40/12 (2012.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60K 6/20 (2013.01); B60W 40/12 (2013.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2530/14 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract

A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), which has an engine and a motor and travels using a power of the engine and an electric power of the motor, includes: a battery configured to supply a drive energy of the motor; a battery sensor configured to measure a state of charge (SOC) of the battery; and a controller configured to estimate an average mileage per cycle established using traveling information of the vehicle, estimate an average SOC per cycle using the measured SOC, and control a reference power needed for driving the engine according to the estimated average mileage and the estimated average SOC.


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