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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Yusuke Mamada, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Yusuke Mamada, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); F02N 19/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/062 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 15/2054 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01); F02D 41/045 (2013.01); F02D 41/065 (2013.01); F02N 11/0822 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/441 (2013.01); B60L 2240/443 (2013.01); B60L 2240/486 (2013.01); B60L 2250/26 (2013.01); B60L 2260/26 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0619 (2013.01); F02N 2019/002 (2013.01); F02N 2200/101 (2013.01); Y02T 10/48 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6217 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7216 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7241 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes: an engine, a motor configured to drive the vehicle, an air-fuel ratio sensor, and a control unit configured to stop and start the engine according to vehicle required power. The control unit is configured to change a threshold value of the vehicle required power at which the engine is started such that a difference between an air-fuel ratio detected by the air-fuel ratio sensor and a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio decreases in a case where the difference exceeds a predetermined value when the engine is stopped.