Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle
US6857491B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S903/947
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor as a driving source, the control apparatus stops fuel supply to the engine by a fuel supply stop device during deceleration, and performs regenerative braking by the motor depending on the deceleration state, wherein the engine is a type of engine capable of executing cylinders deactivated operation for at least one cylinder, and the control apparatus comprises the cylinders deactivated operation execution flag F_ALCS for determining whether it is appropriate for cylinders to enters into the deactivated operation based on the traveling conditions of a vehicle and a variable valve timing mechanism for deactivating the operation of the cylinders of the engine when the cylinders deactivated operation is determined. Furthermore, when the fuel supply to the engine is stopped during deceleration, the cylinder deactivated operation is performed based on the all cylinders deactivated operation execution flag F_ALCS and the variable valve timing system.
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