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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Diesel Motor Co., LTD, Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/04 ;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes a generator driven by an internal combustion engine, a battery charged by the generator and an electric motor driven by the generator and the battery. A drive system transmits the output of the motor to wheels of the vehicle. When, and only when, adequate power cannot be provided by the motor to the wheels because of a fault, an emergency drive indicator issues a command to a power transmitting mechanism, which is responsive only to the command signal to directly transmit the output of the engine to the drive system.