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Patent No.:

US 9457795 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2012

Vehicle control device

Applicants:

Keita Imai, Toyota, JP;

Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;

Kouichi Okuda, Toyota, JP;

Tooru Matsubara, Toyota, JP;

Takeshi Kitahata, Toyota, JP;

Kenta Kumazaki, Toyota, JP;

Yasuhiro Hiasa, Nagoya, JP;

Shunya Kato, Toyota, JP;

Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;

Inventors:

Keita Imai, Toyota, JP;

Tatsuya Imamura, Okazaki, JP;

Kouichi Okuda, Toyota, JP;

Tooru Matsubara, Toyota, JP;

Takeshi Kitahata, Toyota, JP;

Kenta Kumazaki, Toyota, JP;

Yasuhiro Hiasa, Nagoya, JP;

Shunya Kato, Toyota, JP;

Atsushi Tabata, Okazaki, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Stephen Holwerda

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60K 6/52 (2007.10); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60K 6/44 (2007.10); B60K 6/36 (2007.10); B60K 6/543 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/106 (2013.01); B60K 6/44 (2013.01); B60K 6/52 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 11/1862 (2013.01); B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60K 6/36 (2013.01); B60K 6/543 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2220/14 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/441 (2013.01); B60L 2260/28 (2013.01); B60L 2270/145 (2013.01); B60W 2710/244 (2013.01); Y02T 10/623 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6217 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6265 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/648 (2013.01); Y02T 10/705 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7241 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle control device is configured to select a single motor running, a multiple motor running and an engine running, such that a level of a charging capacity of an electric storage device in which the multiple motor running is selectable is higher than a level of the charging capacity in which the single motor running is selectable. During the single motor running performed with the charging capacity being equal to or greater than a first threshold value, the control device is configured, upon increase of the drive force requested by a driver of the vehicle, to select the multiple motor running when the charging capacity is equal to or greater than a second threshold value that is higher than the first threshold value, and to select the engine running when the charging capacity of the electric storage device is less than the second threshold value.

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