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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Taichi Kishida, Tokyo, JP;
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A state of charge indicator includes a first indication unit that provides an indication of a state of charge of a battery of a hybrid vehicle. The first indication unit includes a movable index and a fixed index. The movable index is movable in accordance with an increase and a decrease in the state of charge. The fixed index is disposed along a movement range of the movable index. The movable index is movable between positions corresponding to a maximum and a minimum of a state of charge range directed to an EV traveling mode and an HV traveling mode. The fixed index includes: a first sign that indicates switching from the EV traveling mode to the HV traveling mode; and a second sign that indicates switching from the HV traveling mode to the EV traveling mode.