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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Matsunaga, Okazaki, JP;
Hisakazu Ikedaya, Okazaki, JP;
Hitoshi Kamura, Okazaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Miyata, Oazaki, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a hybrid vehicle that selects a series mode in which an engine drives a motor generator to generate electric power and a driving motor drives drive wheels, fuel supply to the engine is stopped and motoring in which the motor generator forcedly drives the engine can be performed, failure determination of a front O2 sensor and a rear O2 sensor provided in an exhaust passage of the engine can be performed based on a change in a detection value of the sensors when the fuel supply is stopped, and a throttle valve of the engine is forcedly opened in the motoring.