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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Yoshiki Itoh, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tatsuji Mori, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Norihiro Noda, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 41/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A controller for a hybrid vehicle in which the torque is output from an engine and/or an electric motor and is transmitted to drive wheels through a fluid torque converter and a transmission. The controller includes a motor output torque limiter to restrict the output torque from the electric motor such that the torque increased by the fluid torque converter does not exceed permissible torque which is acceptable for the transmission to receive when the electric motor in addition to the engine is driven.