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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Applicants:
Kunio Morisawa, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Ozeki, Okazaki, JP;
Inventors:
Kunio Morisawa, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Ozeki, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor to be controlled independently of each other for running the vehicle. This hybrid vehicle is given a braking demand detecting function to detect a braking demand through an idle ON of the engine while the vehicle is running, and a first braking function to suppress the rise in the vehicle speed of the vehicle by a regenerative braking force of the motor if the braking demand is detected by the braking demand detecting function.