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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Taichi Kishida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 2550/308 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle has an engine and a motor-generator as power sources and has an inter-vehicle distance detection unit to detect an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle. A power generation amount is restricted according to the inter-vehicle distance in a power generation travel mode in which power of the engine drives the motor-generator while being transferred to the drive wheels. Output torque of an engine drivetrain is reduced according to the restricted power generation amount.