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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
Applicants:
Taku Harada, Nisshin, JP;
Masatoshi Ito, Okazaki, JP;
Shohei Nagata, Nisshin, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); F02D 17/02 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60K 6/38 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60K 2006/381 (2013.01); B60W 2510/087 (2013.01); B60W 2710/088 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/435 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y10S 903/902 (2013.01); Y10T 477/23 (2015.01);
Abstract
In a hybrid vehicle, a criterion temperature for locking a first electric motor/generator is set to a first temperature when the engine is in a reduced-cylinder operation. The criterion temperature is set to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature, when the engine is in an all-cylinder operation. If the temperature of the first electric motor/generator is higher than the criterion temperature, the first electric motor/generator is set to a locked state.