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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Shigetaka Kuroda, Wako, JP;
Kenji Nakano, Wako, JP;
Hideyuki Takahashi, Wako, JP;
Takashi Kiyomiya, Wako, JP;
Teruo Wakashiro, Wako, JP;
Youichi Iwata, Wako, JP;
Keisuke Uchida, Wako, JP;
Atsushi Matsubara, Wako, JP;
Atsushi Izumiura, Wako, JP;
Asao Ukai, Wako, JP;
Yasuo Nakamoto, Wako, JP;
Fumihiko Konno, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle having a dynamotor which operates as a motor for assisting the output of an internal combustion engine and which operates as a generator for regenerating the running energy of the vehicle. The control apparatus, in accordance with operating conditions of the vehicle, controls an assist operation for supplying electric power from a storage device to the dynamotor and a regenerative operation for charging the storage device by the generated power of the dynamotor, and determines an acceleration mode for performing an assist operation or a cruising mode for selectively performing the assist operation and a regenerative operation, in accordance with an engine rotational speed and a throttle valve opening degree, or a vehicle speed of the vehicle and the throttle valve opening degree.