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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Katsuyuki Saito, Hadano, JP;
Munetoshi Ueno, Atsugi, JP;
Jun Nakanowatari, Machida, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle drive control apparatus and method for a vehicle including an engine and a motor-generator are taught herein. When a drive mode requested by a driver is a power mode that attaches greater importance to an acceleration performance than to fuel consumption efficiency, a power mode engine torque that is larger than an optimum fuel consumption efficiency engine torque is used as a target engine torque of the engine.