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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2011
Applicant:
Kuniaki Niimi, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Kuniaki Niimi, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/192 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60L 11/1801 (2013.01); B60L 11/1875 (2013.01); B60W 30/18054 (2013.01); B60W 30/192 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6269 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0688 (2013.01); B60W 2710/246 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/705 (2013.01); B60W 2530/145 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01); Y10S 903/904 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle incorporates an engine to which an engine-related component is attached, a battery charged with electric power supplied from an external power supply, and an electric motor as a driving source to which electric power is supplied from the battery. An ECU causes at least one of the engine-related component and the battery to be heated, using the electric power supplied from outside while the electric power is being supplied from outside, in accordance with a distance over which the vehicle can run by driving the electric motor alone and a distance to a destination.