Patent · US Active

Hybrid electric vehicle and method of controlling a drive mode therefore

US10899337B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
2References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 2018
Grant dateJan 26, 2021
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 25, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/88
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hybrid electric vehicle and method of controlling a drive mode therefore is disclosed. The method includes dividing a drive route into a plurality of intervals and operating a per-interval drive load for each of a plurality of the intervals, determining a reference drive load becoming a reference of change into a second drive mode from a first drive mode according to fluctuation of a charge state of a battery using the operated per-interval drive load, and setting an interval corresponding to the reference drive load among a plurality of the intervals as a first drive mode drive interval or a drive interval having the first drive mode and the second drive mode coexist therein. The setting is performed by considering a speed of the interval corresponding to the reference drive load and a speed of a next interval on the drive route.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.