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Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Satoshi Inoue, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuhiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;

Takuya Machida, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/18 (2006.01); F16H 61/66 (2006.01); B60W 10/101 (2012.01); B60W 20/20 (2016.01); B60K 6/22 (2007.10); F16H 61/662 (2006.01); F16H 59/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/18 (2013.01); F16H 59/44 (2013.01); F16H 61/662 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes an engine; a continuously variable transmission; an output clutch disposed between the continuously variable transmission and the drive wheel; a drive motor coupled between the output clutch and the drive wheel; a traveling mode controller; and a speed ratio controller. In a case where required driving power based on an accelerator position is less than a first threshold, the traveling mode controller switches a traveling mode to a first traveling mode. In a case where the required driving power is equal to or greater than the first threshold, the traveling mode controller switches the traveling mode to a second traveling mode. In a case where the required driving power is less than the first threshold and equal to or greater than a second threshold, the speed ratio controller causes a speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission to change depending on a vehicle speed.


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