# US 2017/0282906 A1 · Hybrid vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0282906 A1 - Document ID: US20170282906A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/468,364 - Filed: 2017-03-24 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-30 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Shizuo ABE; Shinji ICHIKAWA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170282906A1 ## CPC - B60W 20/40: Controlling the engagement or disengagement of prime movers, e.g. for transition between prime movers {(power-up or power-down of the driveline B60W30/192)} - B60K 6/28: characterised by the electric energy storing means, e.g. batteries or capacitors - B60K 6/46: Series type - B60L 53/80: Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries - B60W 20/13: in order to stay within battery power input or output limits; in order to prevent overcharging or battery depletion - B60W 20/15: Control strategies specially adapted for achieving a particular effect - B60W 20/16: for reducing engine exhaust emissions - B60W 50/12: Limiting control by the driver depending on vehicle state, e.g. interlocking means for the control input for preventing unsafe operation - B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention - B67D 7/04: for transferring fuels, lubricants or mixed fuels and lubricants - B67D 7/08: Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred (arrangement of flow- or pressure-control valves B67D7/36; computing, calculating, counting G06; coin-freed apparatus for dispensing fluids G07F13/00; prepayment devices for metering liquids G07F15/00) - B60K 6/20: the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs - B60K 6/445: Differential gearing distribution type - B60K 35/28: characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver - B60K 2360/169: Remaining operating distance or charge - B60L 2260/26: Transition between different drive modes - B60L 2270/12: of exhaust - B60W 20/00: Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles {(hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L)} - B60W 40/09: Driving style or behaviour - B60W 2050/146: {Display means} - B60W 2510/244: Charge state - B60W 2710/24: Energy storage means - B60Y 2200/92: Hybrid vehicles - B60Y 2300/188: Controlling power parameters of the driveline, e.g. determining the required power - Y02T 10/62: Hybrid vehicles - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 10/84: Data processing systems or methods, management, administration - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - Y10S 903/903: having energy storing means, e.g. battery, capacitor - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A cruising distance coefficient is set that is smaller than a value of 1 and that becomes smaller as a use index indicating a degree of use of external charging gets smaller, and a cruising distance is calculated by multiplying a fuel quantity by the set cruising distance coefficient and a fuel consumption coefficient. Then, a display cruising distance is calculated by subtracting from the cruising distance a value obtained by subtracting a set-time travel distance Lset, obtained when the cruising distance is calculated, from a travel distance from a travel distance meter, and the calculated display cruising distance is displayed on a display device in front of a driver's seat. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine; a fuel tank configured to supply fuel to the engine; a motor; a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor; a charger configured to carry out external charging that charges the battery using an external power source; and an electronic control unit configured to adjust a cruising distance, the cruising distance being a distance that the hybrid vehicle can travel using the fuel, such that the cruising distance when a use index indicating a degree of use of the external charging in a predetermined time period is small is smaller than the cruising distance when the use index is large. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a display device, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to control the display device such that the display device displays a distance that is smaller than a travelable distance calculated from a fuel quantity in the fuel tank, as the cruising distance. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the cruising distance by multiplying the travelable distance calculated from the fuel quantity in the fuel tank, by a coefficient that becomes smaller as the use index gets smaller. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to limit fuel supply from the fuel tank to the engine when the cruising distance has been traveled. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to limit refueling to the fuel tank. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to close a refueling port of the fuel tank. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to cause a refueling device to determine that the fuel tank is full of fuel when a fuel quantity in the fuel tank is less than 100%. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the fuel tank is configured such that a capacity of the fuel tank is variable, and the electronic control unit is configured to reduce the capacity of the fuel tank. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 5 wherein the electronic control unit is configured to transmit, to a refueling device configured to carry out refueling in response to receipt of a required refueling quantity from the hybrid vehicle, a refueling quantity that is smaller than a refuelable quantity calculated from a fuel quantity in the fuel tank, as the required refueling quantity. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to slow down a refueling speed by causing an opening area of a portion of a refueling pipe to he smaller than a normal area, ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The hybrid vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to transmit a signal to a refueling device configured to be communicable and to be able to adjust a refueling speed such that the refueling device carries out refueling at a refueling speed slower than a normal refueling speed.