Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid vehicle and control method for hybrid vehicle
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Application No.: US15723589Application Date: 2017-10-03
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Publication No.: US10363920B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Akira Otsuka , Takashi Suzuki
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JP2016-199944 20161011
- Main IPC: B60W20/16
- IPC: B60W20/16 ; B60W20/15 ; B60W10/06 ; B60W10/08 ; B60W20/40 ; F02D41/02 ; F02D41/14 ; F02N11/08 ; F02D41/12

Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine that has a particulate matter filter, a motor, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the engine and the motor such that an intermittent operation of the engine is permitted and the hybrid vehicle travels with required power when a vehicle speed is lower than a first predetermined vehicle speed. The electronic control unit is configured to inhibit the intermittent operation of the engine when a deposition amount of particulate matters is equal to or greater than a first deposition amount and a state in which the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a second predetermined vehicle speed and is lower than the first predetermined vehicle speed is continued for a first predetermined time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180099656A1 HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2018-04-12
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