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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To protect a plurality of electrical storage devices individually and achieve charging and discharging performance sufficiently in the plurality of storage devices.SOLUTION: When power consumption WB_a of a first battery equals or exceeds a discharge limit value Wout_a (YES in S100) and instruction power Pc deviates from an input/output power upper limit value Woutf allowed in the first battery and second battery (YES in S102), an ECU executes a program including a step of clearing the Winf correction quantity (S104), a step of implementing a Woutf addition process (S106), and a step of implementing a normal Woutf determination process (S108) when the power consumption WB_a of the first battery is less than the Wout_a (NO in S100) or the instruction power Pc does not deviate from the upper limit value Woutf (NO in S102).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly protect a voltage boosting converter and an energy storage apparatus without unnecessarily limiting a running performance in a load driving device with the voltage boosting converter.SOLUTION: A controller determines a current threshold Ith1 for protecting the energy storage apparatus (S40). The controller determines a current threshold Ith2 for protecting a diode in the voltage boosting converter based on a detection value from a cooling water temperature sensor for detecting a cooling water temperature in the voltage boosting converter (S50). The controller sets a lower one of the current thresholds Ith1, Ith2 as an excess current threshold (S60-S80), and implements an excess current FB control based on the set excess current threshold (S100).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a power limiting apparatus for an electric system, which can achieve both limiting of power and securing of power.SOLUTION: In a first condition, the sum of discharging power from a first battery stack 110 and discharging power from a second battery stack 120 is limited in accordance with the sum of a limit value of the discharging power from the first battery stack 110 and a limit value of the discharging power from the second battery stack 120. In a second condition, the power of the battery stacks 110 and 120 is limited in accordance with either the limit value of the discharging power from the first battery stack 110 or the limit value of the discharging power from the second battery stack 120.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more effectively suppress vibration of a vehicle that may be generated when starting an internal combustion engine in traveling using an electric travel priority mode.SOLUTION: When the temperature Tw of engine cooling water is under the threshold Tref which is beforehand determined within temperature range required for warm up when starting the engine into operation during travel in an electric travel priority mode, the drive control of the motor MG 2 is carried out by setting a large control gain kv and a large limit torque Tlim, compared with the normal start time (S880, S890), setting a vibration damping torque Tv by the control gain kv and the limit torque Tlim (S900, S910), and correcting the motor torque command Tm2* by the vibration damping torque Tv. Thereby vibration of the vehicle which may be generated when starting the engine can be suppressed, and giving drivers and occupants displeasure and sense of incongruity by vibration of the vehicle can be suppressed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress charging of a battery with excessive power. SOLUTION: When an air conditioner actuation request is made with the power plug of a charger connected to a commercial power supply after a vehicle system is stopped, a power obtained by adding a requested charging power Wchg to a requested air conditioning power Wac* is set as a temporary requested power Wtmp (Step S110). A value obtained by limiting the set temporary requested power Wtmp with the absolute value |Win| of input limit Win is set as a requested power W* (Step S120). The switching elements of the AC/DC converter and the DC/DC converter of the charger are switching controlled so that the power supplied from the charger becomes equal to the requested power W* (Steps S130). The charger is controlled so that the set requested power W* is supplied within the range of the input limit Win, thereby charging of the battery with an excessive power exceeding the input limit Win can be suppressed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hybrid vehicle which travels by more reflecting the intention of a driver, and to provide a method of controlling the hybrid vehicle. SOLUTION: When an EV cancellation SW 89 is turned on in a first connection state that a master battery 50 and a slave battery 60 are connected to motor MG1 and MG2 sides and a second connection state that the master battery 50 and a slave battery 62 are connected to the motors MG1 and MG2 sides, an engine 22, the motors MG1 and MG2, a master side booster circuit 55, a slave side booster circuit 65, and system main relays 56, 66 and 67 are controlled so that the hybrid vehicle can travel in a hybrid traveling priority mode, in a slave blocking state that the driving of a slave side booster circuit 65 is stopped and that only the master battery 50 is connected to the motor MG1 and MG2 sides. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify a driver of history including modes in which a vehicle travels and of difference of fuel consumption by the modes and of electric motor travel distance. SOLUTION: A hybrid vehicle capable of charging an electric storage means with electric power from outside, time-serially stores: a mode setting value; fuel consumption amount; and travel distance; the mode setting value being value 0 when setting a first mode for prohibiting the electrical storage means from being charged by electric power acquired by generating a generator with power from an internal combustion engine, and being value 1 when setting a second mode for allowing the charge of the electrical storage means, and in order to time-serially display fuel consumption derived by the fuel consumption amount and the travel distance for every 5 minutes, and electric motor travel distance that is a travel distance by outputting power only from the electric motor for every 5 minutes on a meter display unit up until 30 minutes before, visually and distinguishably displays the fuel consumption and the motor travel distance: by displaying the fuel consumption with color A when all the mode values for every 5 minutes are value 0; by displaying the fuel consumption with color B when all the mode values are value 1; and by displaying the fuel consumption with color C when the mode values include value 0 and value 1. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress discharging due to the excess power of a capacitor device which can be generated when an accelerator is off. SOLUTION: When an acceleration rapidly reduces, request torque Tr* set by the smooth change processing of a time constant T1 and an operation line for efficiently operating an engine are used to set the target revolving speed Ne* and target torque Te* of the engine (S110 to S140), and torque T* for control is set by the smooth change processing using a time constant T2 smaller than the time constant T1 (S170), and the engine is operated with the target revolving speed Ne* and the target torque Te*, and motor torque commands Tm1* and Tm2* are set and controlled so that the torque T* for control can be output to a driving shaft within the range of the input/output restrictions Win and Wout of a battery (S180 to S240). Thus, it is possible to set a control state that the battery is charged with a power close to the input restriction Win, and to suppress the discharging of the battery due to the excess power to be generated when the control mode of the motor is shifted. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To temporarily lower drive force to be output and then when it is raised, to output the drive force closer to the drive force which should be output. SOLUTION: Until predetermined time elapses after slip occurs by idling of a driving wheel, a torque which compensates power Piner for rotation speed change used for increase of rotation speed of an engine is set as a compensation torque Tadd, and I/O limitation Win and Wout of a battery is expanded only by power for expanding ΔP (S210, S220). Torque instructions Tm1*, Tm2* of motors MG1 and MG2 are set so that the engine is operated by the target rotation speed Ne* based on a demanding torque T* for execution and a target torque Te*, and the torque which is the demanding torque T* for execution added with a compensation torque Tadd within the limits expanded I/O limitation Win and Wout is output to the driving shaft. As a result, the torque closer to the required torque T* for execution can be output to the driving shaft. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent over-discharge of a secondary battery for travelling even when an engine stop signal is input into a control unit during high-speed running of a hybrid vehicle, thereby reducing the degradation of lifetime of the secondary battery for travelling. SOLUTION: A hybrid control unit for controlling travel of the hybrid vehicle, including a motive power distribution mechanism for distributing motive power between an engine and two motor generators, and the secondary battery for supplying electric power to the two motor generators, further includes an engine forcible stop inhibition processing means which inhibits the forcible stop of the engine by the motor generators, even when the engine stop signal is input in a speed range of an intermittent engine stop inhibition in which an intermittent engine stop is inhibited. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT