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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Ryosuke Ikemura, Susono, JP;
Naoto Kato, Susono, JP;
Takayoshi Kawai, Susono, JP;
Teppei Yoshioka, Susono, JP;
Hiromasa Hashimoto, Susono, JP;
Hiroshi Watanabe, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Kuze, Numazu, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A drive force control system configured to reduce a total energy consumption of a hybrid vehicle. The drive force control system calculates: an output power of the engine which can optimize a thermal efficiency given that the engine is operated at a best fuel point; and a required electric power to be supplied from a battery or to be generated by a control motor, which can adjust the drive power established by the output power of the engine to the required power. A power exchange between the control motor and the battery is interrupted if the required electric power to be supplied from the electric storage device or to be generated by the control motor is less than a first predetermined electric power.