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Patent No.:

US 9020673 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2011

Hybrid vehicle and control method for the same

Applicants:

Masaya Yamamoto, Kasugai, JP;

Masashi Funada, Obu, JP;

Inventors:

Masaya Yamamoto, Kasugai, JP;

Masashi Funada, Obu, JP;

Assignees:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;

Denso Corporation, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

John Q Nguyen

Assistant Examiner:

Nadeem Odeh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 30/182 (2012.01); B60W 30/188 (2012.01); B60W 50/08 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60L 2240/486 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/102 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 30/188 (2013.01); B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0066 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2540/04 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/105 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1061 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6269 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); B60W 20/20 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine (), a motor (MG), and a secondary battery (), and travels in an electric-powered travel mode and in a hybrid travel mode. In the hybrid vehicle, an execution travel mode is set to one of two travel modes including an electric-powered travel priority mode where the hybrid vehicle travels with priority being given to the electric-powered travel mode over the hybrid travel mode, and a hybrid travel priority mode where the hybrid vehicle travels with priority being given to the hybrid travel mode over the electric-powered travel mode. When the execution travel mode is switched while the internal combustion engine () is being operated, the internal combustion engine () and the motor (MG) are controlled so that charging/discharging electric power for charging or discharging the secondary battery () is gradually changed and the hybrid vehicle travels in the switched execution travel mode (Sto S).

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