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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Takanori Aoki, Nissin, JP;
Inventor:
Takanori Aoki, Nissin, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/1086 (2013.01); B60H 1/00764 (2013.01); B60H 1/00885 (2013.01); B60H 1/00899 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 20/18 (2016.01); B60W 2560/04 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ECU determines whether or not fuel in a fuel tank deteriorates. A heating system is configured to be able to perform heating (engine heating) using heat of an engine which heating uses the engine under operation as a heat source, and heating (heat-pump heating) using a heat pump cycle without using the engine as a heat source. When it is determined that the fuel in the fuel tank deteriorates, the ECU controls the heating system and the engine so as to give priority to the engine heating over the heat-pump heating.