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Power output apparatus, hybrid vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, and control method of power output apparatus

US8047314B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 20, 2007
Grant dateNov 1, 2011
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19219
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

When a required speed ratio as a required value of a speed ratio between an engine and a driveshaft becomes equal to or less than a lower limit speed ratio that is not more than an n-th shift speed ratio during an n-th speed state of a transmission, a hybrid vehicle controls the engine, two motors, and the transmission to ensure output of power based on a torque demand to the driveshaft while performing an engine rotational speed adjustment of making a rotational speed of the engine equal to a shift rotational speed corresponding to an upper side shift speed ratio or an effective shift speed ratio and a shift from an n-th speed state to an (n+1)-th speed state.

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