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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2012.01); B60W 10/16 (2012.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 30/192 (2012.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/16 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60W 30/192 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0622 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y10S 903/905 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control device according to the invention moves an operation point of an internal combustion engine such that a distribution of engine torque with respect to required torque is reduced and then carries out air-fuel ratio control for reducing an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine in a case where an operation mode of the internal combustion engine should be switched from a lean combustion mode to a stoichiometric combustion mode.