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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Kunihiko Jinno, Toyota, JP;
Tadashi Nakagawa, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Masahiko Maeda, Nagoya, JP;
Hideaki Yaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Kunihiko Jinno, Toyota, JP;
Tadashi Nakagawa, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Masahiko Maeda, Nagoya, JP;
Hideaki Yaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
In a hybrid vehicle, when the ECO switchis turned on, an intermittent permissive ceiling speed Vref for permitting an intermittent operation of an engineis set to a second vehicle speed more than a first vehicle speed used on a turn-off condition of the ECO switch(S). The engineand a motor MGare controlled so that a driving power equivalent to a torque demand Tr* is ensured with the intermittent operation of the enginewhen a vehicle speed V is not more than the intermittent permissive ceiling speed Vref (S,S,S-S).