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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Takashi Aoki, Saitama, JP;
Hirokatsu Amanuma, Utsunomiya, JP;
Osamu Saito, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K041/02 ; B60K006/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a hybrid vehicle picks up speed, the torque of a first motor is gradually reduced based on a vehicle speed before the vehicle speed reaches a vehicle speed threshold. When the vehicle speed is equal to or greater than the vehicle speed threshold, the torque of the first motor is reduced to zero. If the vehicle speed is equal to or greater than the vehicle speed threshold, then a third clutch connected to the first motor is disengaged.