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US6330498B2
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Control system for hybrid vehicle
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1998-11-24
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Granted: 2001-12-11
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Expires: 2018-11-24
Abstract
Abstract A control system controls a hybrid vehicle having an engine for rotating a drive axle, an electric motor for assisting the engine in rotating the drive axle, and electric energy storage means for supplying electric energy to the electric motor. The control system has an electric motor control unit which calculates an output power of the electric motor depending on an operating status of the hybrid vehicle and assists the engine based on the calculated output power of the electric motor. The electric motor control unit also reduces the output power of the electric motor when the rotational speed of the engine or the speed of the hybrid vehicle exceeds a predetermined value.
Inventors
- 👤 Yutaka Tamagawa
- 👤 Motoshi Ishikawa
- 👤 Toru Yano
- 👤 Yoshikazu Oshima
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60W; B60W20/00; B60K; B60K6/00; B60K6/20; B60K6/22; B60K6/28; B60K6/42; B60K6/48; B60K6/485; B60K6/50; B60K6/54; B60K6/547; B60L; B60L50/00; B60L50/10; B60L50/15; B60W10/00; B60W10/04; B60W10/06; B60W10/08; B60W10/10; B60W10/24; B60W10/26; B60L2240/00; B60L2240/40; B60L2240/44; B60L2240/441; B60W2510/00; B60W2510/06; B60W2510/0638; B60W2510/24; B60W2510/242; B60W2510/244; B60W2520/00; B60W2520/10; B60W2540/00; B60W2540/10; B60W2710/00; B60W2710/06; B60W2710/0605; B60W2710/0616; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/60; Y02T10/62; Y02T10/70; Y02T10/7072; Y10; Y10S; Y10S903/00; Y10S903/902; Y10S903/903; Y10S903/904; Y10S903/907; Y10S903/915; Y10S903/917; Y10S903/919; Y10S903/945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
234 words
A control system for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine for rotating a drive axel, an electric motor for assisting the engine in rotating the drive axel, and electric energy storage means for supplying electric energy to the electric motor, comprising: drive power controlling means for controlling a drive power of the engine; means for establishing a demand drive power of the hybrid vehicle based on a manipulated variable of the drive power controlling means and a rotational speed of the engine; drive assistance control means for calculating an assisting output of the electric motor depending on a remaining capacity of the electric energy storage means and the demand drive power, and for calculating an output of the engine based on the calculated assisting output power of the electric motor and the demand drive power; said drive assistance control means including control means for controlling the electric motor based on the calculated assisting output thereof, and correcting means for correcting the output of the engine based on the calculated output power thereof; and detecting means for detecting a rotational speed of the engine or a speed of the hybrid vehicle; said drive assistance control means comprising means for subtracting a predetermined value from the calculated assisting output power of the electric motor when the detected rotational speed of the engine or the detected speed of the hybrid vehicle exceeds a predetermined reference value.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
234 words
A control system for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine for rotating a drive axel, an electric motor for assisting the engine in rotating the drive axel, and electric energy storage means for supplying electric energy to the electric motor, comprising: drive power controlling means for controlling a drive power of the engine; means for establishing a demand drive power of the hybrid vehicle based on a manipulated variable of the drive power controlling means and a rotational speed of the engine; drive assistance control means for calculating an assisting output of the electric motor depending on a remaining capacity of the electric energy storage means and the demand drive power, and for calculating an output of the engine based on the calculated assisting output power of the electric motor and the demand drive power; said drive assistance control means including control means for controlling the electric motor based on the calculated assisting output thereof, and correcting means for correcting the output of the engine based on the calculated output power thereof; and detecting means for detecting a rotational speed of the engine or a speed of the hybrid vehicle; said drive assistance control means comprising means for subtracting a predetermined value from the calculated assisting output power of the electric motor when the detected rotational speed of the engine or the detected speed of the hybrid vehicle exceeds a predetermined reference value.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A control system according to claim 1 , wherein said subtracted predetermined value in the assisting output power of the electric motor is variable depending on the manipulated variable of the drive power controlling means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A control system according to claim 1 , wherein, said engine output correcting means increases an output of the engine in synchronism with reducing the assisting output of the electric motor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A control system according to claim 3 , wherein said control means for controlling the electric motor controls the electric motor to gradually approach the calculated assisting output power with a predetermined time delay.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A control system according to claim 1 , wherein said electric energy storage means comprises an electric double-layer capacitor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
208 words
A control system for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine for rotating a drive axle, an electric motor for assisting the engine in rotating the drive axle, electric energy storage means for supplying electric energy to the electric motor, and drive control means for drive power of the engine, comprising: means for establishing a demand drive power based on a manipulated variable of the drive control means and a rotational speed of the engine; drive assistance control means for calculating an assisting output of the electric storage means and the demand drive power, and for calculating an output power of the engine based on the calculated assisting output of the motor and the demand drive power; said drive assistance control means including control means for controlling the electric motor based on the calculated assisting output thereof and a correcting means for correcting the output of the engine based on the calculated output power thereof; and manipulated variable detecting means for detecting a manipulated variable of the drive power control means; said drive assistance control means comprising means for subtracting a predetermined value from said calculated assisting output of the electric motor when a manipulated variable of the drive control means is smaller than a predetermined reference value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
208 words
A control system for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine for rotating a drive axle, an electric motor for assisting the engine in rotating the drive axle, electric energy storage means for supplying electric energy to the electric motor, and drive control means for drive power of the engine, comprising: means for establishing a demand drive power based on a manipulated variable of the drive control means and a rotational speed of the engine; drive assistance control means for calculating an assisting output of the electric storage means and the demand drive power, and for calculating an output power of the engine based on the calculated assisting output of the motor and the demand drive power; said drive assistance control means including control means for controlling the electric motor based on the calculated assisting output thereof and a correcting means for correcting the output of the engine based on the calculated output power thereof; and manipulated variable detecting means for detecting a manipulated variable of the drive power control means; said drive assistance control means comprising means for subtracting a predetermined value from said calculated assisting output of the electric motor when a manipulated variable of the drive control means is smaller than a predetermined reference value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A control system according to claim 6 , wherein said subtracted predetermined value in the assisting output of the electric motor is variable so as to increase as a rotational speed of the engine or a vehicle speed increases.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A control system according to claim 6 , wherein said predetermined reference value is established so as to increase as a rotational speed of the engine or a speed of the hybrid vehicle increases.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
A control system according to claim 6 , wherein said engine output correcting means increases an output of the engine in synchronism with reducing the assisting output of the electric motor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
A control system according to claim 6 , wherein said control means for controlling the electric motor controls the electric motor to gradually approach the calculated assisting output with a predetermined time delay.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
A control system according to claim 6 , wherein said electric energy storage means comprises an electric double-layer capacitor.
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