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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Hidehiro Oba, Nagakute, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60K 6/442 (2007.10); B60K 6/543 (2007.10); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 20/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/442 (2013.01); B60K 6/543 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 15/2045 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic control unit is configured to select one of a series mode, a series-parallel mode and a parallel mode as a running mode. A load level of a hybrid vehicle is set to a value that is high in the order of a load level at which the parallel mode is selected, a load level at which the series-parallel mode is selected, and a load level at which the series mode is selected. That is, the electronic control unit selects the series-parallel mode in an intermediate load region, selects the series mode in a low load region, and selects the parallel mode in a high load region.