Controller and control method for hybrid vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomohiro Nakano
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Abstract
A controller for a hybrid vehicle restarts an engine in a start mode selected from multiple start modes. The multiple start modes include a first start mode of starting combustion in the engine when a clutch starts transmitting torque and a second start mode of starting combustion in the engine after the clutch starts transmitting torque. The controller is configured to, in a case in which the engine is restarted in the second start mode, measure a cranking start time from when engagement of the clutch is commanded to when transmission of the torque through the clutch is started, and only when measurement of the cranking start time has been completed after the vehicle is activated, restart the engine in the first start mode.
Claims4
A controller for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle including a motor arranged on a power transmission path between an engine and a wheel and including a clutch arranged on a portion of the power transmission path between the engine and the motor, the controller being configured to switch between stopping operation of the engine with the clutch disengaged and operating the engine with the clutch engaged, wherein
- the controller comprises processing circuitry configured to select a start mode from multiple start modes and restart the engine in the selected start mode,
- the multiple start modes include a first start mode of commanding engagement of the clutch and starting combustion in the engine when the clutch starts transmitting torque and a second start mode of commanding engagement of the clutch and starting combustion in the engine after rotation of the engine is started by the torque transmitted from the motor through the clutch, and
- the processing circuitry is configured to:
- in a case in which the engine is restarted in the second start mode, measure a cranking start time from when engagement of the clutch is commanded to when transmission of the torque through the clutch is started;
- and
- only when measurement of the cranking start time has been completed after the vehicle is activated, restart the engine in the first start mode.
A control method for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle including a motor arranged on a power transmission path between an engine and a wheel and including a clutch arranged on a portion of the power transmission path between the engine and the motor, the control method comprising:
- switching between stopping operation of the engine with the clutch disengaged and operating the engine with the clutch engaged;
- selecting a start mode from multiple start modes and restarting the engine in the selected start mode, wherein the multiple start modes include a first start mode of commanding engagement of the clutch and starting combustion in the engine when the clutch starts transmitting torque and a second start mode of commanding engagement of the clutch and starting combustion in the engine after rotation of the engine is started by the torque transmitted from the motor through the clutch;
- in a case in which the engine is restarted in the second start mode, measuring a cranking start time from when engagement of the clutch is commanded to when transmission of the torque through the clutch is started;
- and
- only when measurement of the cranking start time has been completed after the vehicle is activated, restarting the engine in the first start mode.
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