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US 10,865,722 B2Granted
Method for extended driving mode of hybrid vehicle and extended driving mode system thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorJae-Bum Park
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Abstract
A method for extended driving mode of a hybrid vehicle mounted with a cylinder of an engine deactivation (CDA) device may include controlling to switch cylinders of an engine into an idle state through a variable valve control mechanism in an engine stop mode.
Claims15
A method for extended driving mode of a hybrid vehicle mounted with a cylinder of an engine deactivation (CDA) device, including:
- controlling to perform an idle state switching of cylinders of an engine,
- wherein the controlling to perform the ideal state switching of the cylinders is implemented by a CDA mode control through a controller;
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- wherein the CDA mode control when the engine of the hybrid vehicle is stopped includes:
- selecting, by the controller, an electric vehicle (EV) mode in which a motor is used as a power source and a regenerative braking mode in which power generation is performed by the motor;
- performing, by the controller, CDA mode switching in association with a variable valve control mechanism;
- performing, by the controller, CDA mode application for switching the cylinders of the engine into an idle mode, and
- switching, by the controller, a CDA non-operation control not to operate the variable valve control mechanism when the electric vehicle (EV) mode or the regenerative braking mode are not selected.
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An extended driving mode system of a hybrid vehicle, the extended driving mode system comprising:
- a controller configured to perform cylinder deactivation (CDA) mode control to switch cylinders of an engine into deactivation through a variable valve control mechanism when an engine stop mode in which an engine power is not required is recognized, and to perform CDA non-operation control not to operate the variable valve control mechanism when the engine is stopped.
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