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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60K 6/547 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/547 (2013.01); B60W 2510/083 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1005 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller for a hybrid vehicle is configured to execute a shifting assist process of increasing torque of a motor when performing power-on downshift of an automatic transmission and an upper limit assist torque setting process of setting an upper limit assist torque that is an upper limit value of a travel assist torque to be a smaller value when a maximum step number of the power-on downshift is large than when the maximum step number is small.