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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/06 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60K 6/442 (2007.10); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60K 6/387 (2007.10); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 20/20 (2016.01); B60K 6/38 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60K 6/387 (2013.01); B60K 6/442 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/20 (2013.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 2006/381 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 2710/021 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01); Y10S 903/946 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive control system for a hybrid vehicle is provided to shift an operating mode smoothly to an electric vehicle mode in which an engine is stopped. A controller is configured to select the electric vehicle mode to be established from the first electric vehicle mode and the second electric vehicle mode upon satisfaction of the determination to shift the operating mode to the electric vehicle mode, to select the clutch to be engaged from the first clutch and the second clutch to establish the selected electric vehicle mode, and to stop the engine while engaging the selected clutch.