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US 2006/0137920 A1Published application
Hybrid vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kaushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Aoki, Tetsu Sugiyama, Nobuhiro Kira
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AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kaushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Aoki, Tetsu Sugiyama, Nobuhiro Kira
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A hybrid vehicle is provided that can be made to travel by means of motor generators (MG1, MG2) while an engine (E) is stopped, the engine (E), which can reduce pumping loss by running with a cylinder in a cut-off state, being connected to a front wheel (Wf) via the first motor/generator (MG1), an oil pump (13), a first clutch (14), a belt type continuously variable transmission (M), and a second clutch (20), and the second motor/generator (MG2) being connected to a rear wheel (Wr). When the vehicle is made to travel by driving or braking the rear wheel (Wr) with the second motor/generator (MG2), by driving the oil pump (13) with the first motor/generator (MG1) in a state in which the engine (E), which has stopped running, is put into a cylinder cut-off state and the second clutch (20) is disengaged, a hydraulic pressure for shifting the belt type continuously variable transmission (M) is generated. It is thereby possible to generate a hydraulic pressure for shifting the belt type continuously variable transmission (M) while the engine (E) is stopped, without requiring a special electric oil pump.
A hybrid vehicle in which an engine (E) equipped with pumping loss reduction means is connected to a first driven wheel via a first motor/generator (MG1), an oil pump (13), a first clutch (14), a hydraulic automatic transmission (M), and a second clutch (20), and a second motor/generator (MG2) is connected to a second driven wheel (Wr), the second driven wheel (Wr) being different from the first driven wheel (Wf), characterized in that when the vehicle is made to travel by driving or braking the second driven wheel (Wr) with the second motor/generator (MG2), in order to shift the automatic transmission (M) a hydraulic pressure is generated by driving the oil pump (13) with the first motor/generator (MG1) in a state in which the pumping loss of the engine (E), which has stopped running, is reduced by the pumping loss reduction means and the second clutch (20) is disengaged.
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