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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Nobufusa Kobayashi, Anjo, JP;
Toshio Sugimura, Nagoya, JP;
Masato Yoshikawa, Susono, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); F16H 61/14 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/106 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/023 (2013.01); B60W 10/026 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); F16H 61/143 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01); Y10T 477/26 (2015.01);
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle mounting a torque converter with a lock-up clutch in order to better accomplish good drivability as well as good gasoline mileage than conventional vehicle control apparatuses includes an engine, a motor generator, a torque convertor with the lock-up clutch, and a battery, and expands a lock-up region when the battery is not under a input/output limited state wider than when the battery is under the input/output limited state while the vehicle is being driven at least by the engine.