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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
May. 18, 1995
Hisamitsu Koga, Okazaki, JP;
Naotake Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
Tomiji Ohwada, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuya Furukawa, Okazaki, JP;
Masaaki Kato, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuyuki Kawamura, Okazaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hybrid electric vehicle is equipped with a combustion engine for driving a generator or a combustion engine for driving vehicle wheels. The hybrid electric vehicle has a battery unit, an electric drive motor, the combustion engine directly or indirectly usable for driving wheels, and a controller for controlling operations of the electric drive motor and the combustion engine. The hybrid electric vehicle is further provided with a microcomputer for determining whether or not the battery unit meets a predetermined specification. When the battery unit is determined as failing to meet the predetermined specification by the microcomputer, the controller limits an output of the electric drive motor or the combustion engine.