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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2019
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 2510/083 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01);
Abstract
A state of charge (SOC) control method for improving fuel efficiency of a hybrid vehicle may include monitoring an SOC of a battery of the vehicle, determining, by a controller, a change rate in SOC reduction based on the monitored SOC, and performing, by the controller, SOC anti-reduction control based on the determined change rate in the SOC reduction.