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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2009
Applicant:
Mamoru Tomatsuri, Aichi-gun, JP;
Inventor:
Mamoru Tomatsuri, Aichi-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 20/50 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control device for a hybrid vehicle causes the hybrid vehicle to travel in limp-home mode with motive power from an engine when either a motor or a battery for travel cannot be used. The engine incorporated in the hybrid vehicle includes an EGR device for recirculating part of exhaust gas to an intake system of the engine again. Even if an operation state of the engine satisfies a prescribed EGR permission condition for operating the EGR device, during the travel in limp-home mode with an abnormality detection flag being set to 1, the control device prohibits operation of the EGR device.