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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Masahiro Hirano, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Hirano, Yokohama, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
When a first automatic stopping condition is established while a vehicle (A,B) is stationary or a second automatic stopping condition is established during travel, an internal combustion engine () of the vehicle is automatically stopped. The first automatic stopping condition is established when a battery voltage or a battery state of charge of a battery () equals or exceeds a first threshold, and the second automatic stopping condition is established when the battery voltage or the battery state of charge of the battery () equals or exceeds a second threshold. By setting the second threshold to be greater than the first threshold, opportunities for automatically stopping the internal combustion engine () are secured while satisfying a power requirement of an electrical load () during restarting of the internal combustion engine ().