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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1997
Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;
Yutaka Taga, Aichi-ken, JP;
Ryuji Ibaraki, Toyota, JP;
Hiroshi Hata, Toyota, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mikami, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle, including a drive power source consisting of an engine operated by combustion of a fuel, and an electric motor operated with an electric energy, and a controller for selectively establishing a plurality of operation modes in which the drive power source is placed in respective different operating states, and wherein the controller includes a drive force control device for controlling the hybrid drive system so as to produce a substantially constant drive force for driving the vehicle, under the same running condition of the vehicle, irrespective of the currently established operation mode.