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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Kunihiko Jinno, Toyota, JP;
Tadashi Nakagawa, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Masahiko Maeda, Nagoya, JP;
Hideaki Yaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Kunihiko Jinno, Toyota, JP;
Tadashi Nakagawa, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Masahiko Maeda, Nagoya, JP;
Hideaki Yaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a hybrid vehicle, an engine, motors MGand MGare controlled so that the engineis operated at a target operation point set at Stepbased on a torque demand Tr* and the motor MGoutputs lower power for driving in comparison with a turn-off condition of an ECO switchwhen the ECO switchis turned on upon driving with power from both the engineand the motor MG(Steps S-Sand S-S).