The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Akihiro Yamamoto, Wako, JP;
Junji Kato, Wako, JP;
Yuichi Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Murakami, Wako, JP;
Akihiro Yamamoto, Wako, JP;
Junji Kato, Wako, JP;
Yuichi Nakamura, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Murakami, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes a first drive device and a second drive device. The first drive device includes a motor, a motor control device, a connection-disconnection device, and a connection-disconnection device controller. When the vehicle is driven in a state where a driving force of the first drive device is substantially zero, or the vehicle is driven only by a driving force of the second drive device, the connection-disconnection device controller couples the connection-disconnection device to establish a connected state of the connection-disconnection device. The motor control device is configured to perform loss reduction control on the motor to reduce at least one of a loss of the motor and a loss in a power transmission path in power transmitted to the first driving wheel, by establishing the connected state of the connection-disconnection device.