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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2008
Keisuke Goto, Shioya-gun, JP;
Toshihiko Fukuda, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yohei Okagawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroshi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Goto, Shioya-gun, JP;
Toshihiko Fukuda, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yohei Okagawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiroshi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and a generator motor, a capacitor, and a driving force assisting unit. Further, the control device includes a switching unit that selects an appropriate traveling range from a plurality of traveling ranges including at least a normal traveling range and a charging priority range for preferentially charging the capacitor and switches the range, and a threshold value increasing unit that increases, when the charging priority range is selected by the switching unit, the predetermined determination threshold value as compared to when the normal traveling range is selected by the switching unit.