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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Yukihiro Hosoe, Hammatsu, JP;
Yoshiki Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masaaki Tagawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hitoshi Ohkuma, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yukihiro Hosoe, Hammatsu, JP;
Yoshiki Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masaaki Tagawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hitoshi Ohkuma, Hamamatsu, JP;
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes: a charge state calculator which calculates a charge state of an electricity storer; a standard opening and closing device which turns off a contactor when the charge state calculated by the charge state calculator is lower than a standard lower-limit value; and an engine startup opening and closing device which maintains the contactor in an on state when an engine startup signal is input even when the charge state calculated by the charge state calculator is a value for turning off the contactor, wherein the contactor turning-on operation executed by the engine startup opening and closing device is executed when the charge state calculated by the charge state calculator is higher than an engine startup lower-limit value set lower than the standard lower-limit value by a predetermined value.