Hybrid vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKunio Morisawa, Tatsuya Ozeki
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Abstract
A hybrid vehicle having an engine and a motor to be controlled independently of each other for running the vehicle. This hybrid vehicle is given a braking demand detecting function to detect a braking demand through an idle ON of the engine while the vehicle is running, and a first braking function to suppress the rise in the vehicle speed of the vehicle by a regenerative braking force of the motor if the braking demand is detected by the braking demand detecting function.
Claims4
A hybrid vehicle for assisting the drive force or braking force, when it is run by the output of a first prime mover, with the drive force or braking force of a second prime mover to be controlled independently of said first prime mover, comprising:
- means for detecting an idling state of the first prime mover during the running of the hybrid vehicle;
- means for detecting a rise in the vehicle speed of the hybrid vehicle while the hybrid vehicle is running in the idling state of the first prime mover;
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- means for producing a regenerative braking force of the second prime mover to suppress the rise in the vehicle speed of the hybrid vehicle when the idling state of the first prime mover is detected and the rise in the vehicle speed is detected.
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