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Patent No.:

US 9428041 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2010

Hybrid vehicle and control method thereof

Applicant:

Yutaka Tamagawa, Saitama, JP;

Inventor:

Yutaka Tamagawa, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jelani Smith

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/42 (2007.10); B60K 6/442 (2007.10); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F02D 29/02 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/442 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 15/2045 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 20/20 (2013.01); F02D 29/02 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0241 (2013.01); B60W 2710/081 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6217 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6234 (2013.01); Y02T 10/642 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7283 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hybrid vehicle includes an engine control unit for controlling an engine, an engaging/disengaging control unit for engaging a clutch when the hybrid vehicle is shifted from a series drive mode to another drive mode in which at least the engine works as a drive source, a required output calculation unit for calculating a required output, and an engaging revolution speed calculation unit for calculating a revolution speed at a drive wheel side of the clutch. The engaging/disengaging control unit engages the clutch when the revolution speed of the engine coincides with the engaging revolution speed as a result of controlling the engine to follow the required output while the hybrid vehicle is running on the series drive mode at a predetermined vehicle speed or faster.

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