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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2003
Kohei Hanada, Utsunomiya, JP;
Teruo Wakashiro, Shioya-gun, JP;
Shigetaka Kuroda, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takahiro Yonekura, Utsunomiya, JP;
Makoto Kishida, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Tomohiro Nishi, Kawachi-gun, JP;
Kohei Hanada, Utsunomiya, JP;
Teruo Wakashiro, Shioya-gun, JP;
Shigetaka Kuroda, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takahiro Yonekura, Utsunomiya, JP;
Makoto Kishida, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Tomohiro Nishi, Kawachi-gun, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to improve the fuel consumption efficiency of a hybrid vehicle, a control apparatusfor a hybrid vehicle is provided, which comprises as a power source a motor M and an engine E capable of executing partial cylinder deactivation operation and the driving force of at least one of these is transmitted to wheels for running the vehicle. When the required output is larger than the output of the engine under partial cylinder deactivation operation, and is smaller than the total output of the engine and the motor, which is adjustable for assisting the engine, the control apparatus operates the engine under partial deactivation and adjusts the motor output so as to compensate the difference between the total output of the power source and the output of the partial cylinder deactivated engine.