Invention Application
- Patent Title: HYBRID VEHICLE
- Patent Title (中): 混合动力车
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Application No.: US13501529Application Date: 2010-07-23
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Publication No.: US20120203415A1Publication Date: 2012-08-09
- Inventor: Shigemitsu Akutsu , Noriyuki Abe , Kota Kasaoka , Masashi Bando , Satoyoshi Oya
- Applicant: Shigemitsu Akutsu , Noriyuki Abe , Kota Kasaoka , Masashi Bando , Satoyoshi Oya
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2009-236720 20091013
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/062477 WO 20100723
- Main IPC: B60W20/00
- IPC: B60W20/00

Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle is driven by a power unit which includes: a first rotating machine including a first rotor, a first stator, and a second rotor, wherein the number of magnetic poles generated by an armature row of the first stator and one of the first rotor and the second rotor are connected to a drive shaft; a power engine, wherein an output shaft of the power engine is connected to the other of the first rotor and the second rotor; a second rotating machine; a capacitor; and a transformer that steps up an output voltage of the capacitor. The hybrid vehicle includes: a voltage demand calculator that calculates a voltage demand required for each of the first rotating machine and the second rotating machine in accordance with an operating condition of the hybrid vehicle; a step-up execution determining unit that allows the transformer to step up the voltage, when at least one of the voltage demand of the first rotating machine and the voltage demand of the second rotating machine is higher than a first threshold value; and a controller that controls the transformer in accordance with the result determined by the step-up execution determining unit. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve reduction in the size and cost of the power unit and enhance the driving efficiency of the power unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US08620508B2 Hybrid vehicle Public/Granted day:2013-12-31
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