Adjusting performance of an electric motor in a hybrid vehicle during a combustion event

Abstract

A system for adjusting performance of an electric motor in a hybrid vehicle during a combustion event. The system includes a combustion engine including a cylinder, an electric motor including an electric motor shaft and connected to the combustion engine via a drive shaft, and an inverter controller connected to the electric motor. The inverter controller includes an electronic processor configured to receive a rotational position of the electric motor shaft, determine, based on the rotational position of the electric motor shaft, whether a combustion event is occurring in the cylinder, and when a combustion event is occurring in the cylinder, preform one selected from the group comprising increase torque produced by the electric motor and decrease the torque produced by the electric motor.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.