B60W 20/20
Control strategies involving selection of hybrid configuration
Official title: Control strategies involving selection of hybrid configuration, e.g. selection between series or parallel configuration
B60W20/20 (Control strategies involving selection of hybrid configuration) appears on 777 US grants and 900 published applications in this corpus.
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- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 25 | 12 |
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Hybrid vehicle and its control method236US 5,722,502 AToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Hybrid vehicle drive system and method for fuel reduction during idle73US 9,061,680 B2Odyne Systems, LLC · 2015
- Transmission gearbox for parallel hybrid electric vehicles68US 6,592,484 B12003
- Energy distribution method for hydrid electric vehicle64US 5,704,440 ANew York Institute of Technology · 1998
- Power output device, hybrid vehicle, and method of controlling them64US 6,886,648 B1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · 2005