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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60L 15/2054 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clutch is disengaged when a torque condition is satisfied at a predetermined time when a system is stopped as a fuel supply to an engine is stopped from a state where the engine is operating with the clutch being engaged. The torque condition is a condition under which torque acting on an output shaft of the engine is torque in a direction in which an engine speed of the engine is decreased and torque output to a rotary shaft of a motor is torque in a direction in which a motor speed of the motor is decreased.