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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Oh-Eun Kwon, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sun-Young Park, Busan, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 20/30 (2016.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/30 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0638 (2013.01); B60W 2510/081 (2013.01); B60W 2710/021 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0644 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle running mode control method may include detecting, by a mode controller, a mode switching from an electric vehicle mode (EV mode) to a hybrid electric vehicle mode (HEV mode) while a vehicle runs; and performing a continuously variable transmission (CVT) cooperative mode switching control in which a drive motor is connected to an engine by engaging a clutch by operating the CVT.