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Patent No.:

US 6343246 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2000

Control system for a hybrid vehicle

Applicant:
Inventors:

Atsushi Matsubara, Wako, JP;

Hideyuki Oki, Wako, JP;

Shinichi Kitajima, Wako, JP;

Kazutomo Sawamura, Wako, JP;

Hideyuki Takahashi, Wako, JP;

Kan Nakaune, Wako, JP;

Hiroyuki Makino, Wako, JP;

Teruo Wakashiro, Wako, JP;

Assignee:

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Armstrong, Westerman, Hattori, McLeland & Naughton, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tan Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 7/20 ; B60K 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 7/20 ; B60K 2/500 ;
Abstract

A control system for a hybrid vehicle with a combustion engine is provided for outputting driving force, an electric motor for generating a force for assisting the output from the engine, and a power storage unit for supplying a power to the motor and for storing energy regenerated by the motor when the vehicle decelerates. The control system includes an assistance determining device for determine whether to assist the output from the engine by the motor, depending on the driving condition of the vehicle; a first assistance amount determining device for determining a first assistance amount, depending on the driving condition of the vehicle, when the assistance determining device determines to perform the assist; a second assistance amount determining device for determining a second assistance amount, when a driver's intention to accelerate the vehicle exceeds a predetermined standard; and an assistance control device for driving the motor to assist the output from the engine, based on the first assistance amount when a driver's intention to accelerate the vehicle does not exceed a predetermined standard, and based on the second assistance amount when the driver's intention to accelerate the vehicle exceeds the predetermined standard.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Matsubara, Atsushi. (2002). Control system for a hybrid vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 6343246). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6343246

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