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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
Hiroshi Tagami, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Tagami, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a generation control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle including a rechargeable battery and a generation unit having an internal combustion engine and a generator which generates electric power by operation of the internal combustion engine, the generation control apparatus activating the generation unit with a high load state in which an electric power that is consumed in the hybrid vehicle over a predetermined period of time becomes larger than a maximum output electric power of the generation unit and thereafter continuing to drive the generation unit until a state of charge of the battery reaches a target state of charge of the battery which is set at the high load state when the electric power that is consumed in the hybrid vehicle over the predetermined period of time becomes smaller than the maximum output electric power of the generation unit.