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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Tetsuo Hori, Toyota, JP;
Shunsuke Oyama, Nagakute, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); F16H 3/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60L 11/1803 (2013.01); F16H 3/728 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2005 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2007 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2033 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2035 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2043 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7258 (2013.01); Y10S 903/906 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first electric motor generates torque in the case where a vehicle speed becomes lower than a specified threshold in a travel state where a second electric motor is exclusively used as a drive source among an engine, the first electric motor, and the second electric motor and during a speed reducing travel.