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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Masaaki Tagawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yoshiki Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yukihiro Hosoe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hitoshi Ohkuma, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masaaki Tagawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yoshiki Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yukihiro Hosoe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hitoshi Ohkuma, Hamamatsu, JP;
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
In a hybrid vehicle, a controller includes a target drive power setting device which sets a target drive power requested for the running of the vehicle, a target drive power calculator which calculates target drive power from the target drive power set by the target drive power setting device and the vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed detector, an output limiter which limits the amount of power obtained from an electricity storer based on the state of the electricity storer, and a transition prohibitor which prohibits the transition of an engine to a stopped state when the power consumed for the transition of the engine from an operational state to a stopped state exceeds a value obtained by subtracting the target drive power calculated by the target drive power setting device from the output limit value set by the output limiter.