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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Koichi Yonezawa, Toyota, JP;
Satoshi Yoshizaki, Gotenba, JP;
Osamu Maeda, Toyota, JP;
Daigo Ando, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshikazu Asami, Gotenba, JP;
Kenji Itagaki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Shunsuke Oyama, Nagakute, JP;
Koichiro Muta, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In a hybrid vehicle, each of an engine and an MGis mechanically coupled to a drive wheel with a planetary gear being interposed. The planetary gear and an MGare configured such that motive power output from the planetary gear and motive power output from the MGare transmitted to the drive wheel as being combined. A controller makes WGV diagnosis for diagnosing whether or not a waste gate valve is normally controllable by issuing an instruction to a WGV actuator while the controller stops combustion in the engine and controls the MGand the MGin coordination to perform motoring of the engine during traveling of the hybrid vehicle.