Hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11465607-B2
Application number	US-202117156700-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2021
Priority date	Apr 22, 2020
Publication date	Oct 11, 2022
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle includes an engine, a second MG for running, a battery that supplies and receives electric power to and from the second MG, and an ECU. The ECU is configured to control the engine and the second MG and to execute intake air amount learning. When the SOC of the battery exceeds a second threshold value that is higher than a first threshold value while the vehicle is running using the second MG with the engine in a stopped state, the ECU maintains the engine in the stopped state and maintains the second MG in a driven state, and then does not execute the intake air amount learning. When the SOC of the battery takes a value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value, the ECU starts the engine, drives the second MG with constant torque, and executes the intake air amount learning.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising:
an engine;
a motor for running;
a battery that supplies and receives electric power to and from the motor; and
a control device configured to control the engine and the motor and to execute intake air amount learning to learn an intake air amount of the engine, wherein
a first threshold value and a second threshold value that is higher than the first threshold value are defined for a state of charge of the battery, and
while the hybrid vehicle is running using the motor with the engine in a stopped state, the control device
maintains the motor in a driven state while maintaining the engine in the stopped state and does not execute the intake air amount learning when the state of charge of the battery exceeds the second threshold value, and
starts the engine and drives the motor with constant torque to execute the intake air amount learning when the state of charge of the battery takes a value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value.

2. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device starts the engine and prohibits driving of the motor to execute the intake air amount learning when the state of charge of the battery falls below the first threshold value.

3. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the constant torque that is output from the motor when the state of charge of the battery takes a value between the first threshold value and the second threshold value is smaller than torque output from the motor when the state of charge of the battery exceeds the second threshold value.

4. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first threshold value is higher than a state-of-charge control center of the battery.

5. A hybrid vehicle, comprising:
an engine;
a motor for running;
a battery that supplies and receives electric power to and from the motor; and
a control device configured to control the engine and the motor and to execute intake air amount learning to learn an intake air amount of the engine, wherein
a third threshold value and a fourth threshold value that is lower than the third threshold value are defined for a state of charge of the battery, and
while the motor is being regeneratively driven with the engine in a stopped state, the control device
does not execute the intake air amount learning and maintains the motor in a regenerative state when the state of charge of the battery falls below the fourth threshold value, and
starts the engine and regeneratively drives the motor with constant torque to execute the intake air amount learning when the state of charge of the battery takes a value between the third threshold value and the fourth threshold value.

6. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the control device starts the engine and prohibits regeneration of the motor to execute the intake air amount learning when the state of charge of the battery exceeds the third threshold value.

7. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the constant torque with which the motor is regeneratively driven when the state of charge of the battery takes a value between the third threshold value and the fourth threshold value is smaller than torque with which the motor is regeneratively driven when the state of charge of the battery falls below the fourth threshold value.

8. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the third threshold value is higher than a state-of-charge control center of the battery.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tsuruta Yoshiaki

Classifications

• Y02T10/72

  Electric energy management in electromobility · CPC title

• F02D2250/24

  by using an external load, e.g. a generator · CPC title

• B60W20/15 Primary

  Control strategies specially adapted for achieving a particular effect · CPC title

• B60W2510/244

  Charge state · CPC title

• F02D29/02

  peculiar to engines driving vehicles; peculiar to engines driving variable pitch propellers · CPC title