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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 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
When determined that a driver's accelerator operation is rough during the turn-on condition of an ECO switchwhile a hybrid vehicleis driven without an operation of an engine(Step S), a threshold value Pref with respect to a power demand P* is set to a value Pthat is larger than a value Pof the turn-off condition of the ECO switchso as to give priority to fuel consumption of the engine(Step S). Then, the engine, motors MGand MGare controlled with a start of the engineas necessary so as to ensure torque equivalent to a torque demand Tr* (Steps S-S).
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