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US6352489B1 Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Engine control system for hybrid vehicle

Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 2000-03-07
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Granted: 2002-03-05
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Expires: 2020-03-07
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Abstract

Abstract The engine control system for a hybrid vehicle, according to the present invention, having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor as driving force sources, comprises: a clutch, provided between the engine and a transmission system, for disabling and enabling driving force transmission between the engine and the transmission system; clutch disengagement detector for detecting engagement/disengagement of the clutch; engine speed detector for detecting an engine speed; and fuel cutter for permitting stopping and restarting of the engine in accordance with at least a result of detection by the clutch disengagement detector among predetermined drive conditions, and cutting fuel supply to the engine when the vehicle decelerates, a fuel-supply restart engine speed at which fuel supply is resumed being set in the fuel cutter. Stopping the engine is accomplished by cutting fuel supply by the fuel cutter, and once the engine stop is initiated, even when the engine speed reaches the fuel-supply restart engine speed, fuel supply cut by the fuel cutter is maintained, and when the engine speed detected by the engine speed detector at a time of disengagement of the clutch is detected by the clutch disengagement detector is equal to or lower than a predetermined engine speed, fuel supply cut by the fuel cutter is maintained whereas when the detected engine speed is higher than the predetermined engine speed, fuel supply is restarted.

Inventors

  • 👤 Shigetaka Kuroda
  • 👤 Kazutomo Sawamura
  • 👤 Yoichi Iwata
  • 👤 Keisuke Uchida
  • 👤 Yasuo Nakamoto

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60K; B60K6/00; B60K6/20; B60K6/42; B60K6/48; B60W; B60W20/00; B60W20/40; B60K6/485; B60K6/50; B60K6/54; B60K6/547; B60L; B60L15/00; B60L15/20; B60W10/00; B60W10/02; B60W10/04; B60W10/06; F; F02; F02N; F02N11/00; F02N11/08; F02N11/0814; F02N11/0818; F02N11/0822; F02N11/0833; B60L2240/00; B60L2240/40; B60L2240/44; B60L2240/441; B60L2240/48; B60L2240/486; B60W2510/00; B60W2510/06; B60W2510/0638; B60W2540/00; B60W2540/16; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/40; Y02T10/60; Y02T10/62; Y02T10/64; Y02T10/72; Y10; Y10S; Y10S903/00; Y10S903/902; Y10S903/903; Y10S903/904; Y10S903/912; Y10S903/914; Y10S903/915; Y10S903/917; Y10S903/919; Y10S903/946; Y10S903/951

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 238 words
An engine control system for a hybrid vehicle, having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor as driving force sources, comprising: a clutch, operable by an operator of the vehicle, provided between said engine and a manually-operated transmission system, for disabling and enabling driving force transmission between said engine and said transmission system; a clutch disengagement detector for detecting engagement or disengagement of said clutch; an engine speed detector for detecting an engine speed; and a fuel cutter for permitting stopping and restarting of said engine in accordance with at least a result of detection by said clutch disengagement detector among predetermined drive conditions, and cutting fuel supply to said engine when said vehicle decelerates, a fuel-supply restart engine speed at which fuel supply is resumed being set in said fuel cutter, wherein said stopping engine is accomplished by cutting fuel supply by said fuel cutter, and wherein once the engine stop control is initiated, even when said engine speed reaches said fuel-supply restart engine speed, fuel supply cut by said fuel cutter is maintained, and when said engine speed detected by said engine speed detector at a time of disengagement of said clutch is detected by said clutch disengagement detector is equal to or less than a predetermined engine speed, fuel supply cut by said fuel cutter is maintained whereas when said detected engine speed is greater than said predetermined engine speed, fuel supply is restarted.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 238 words
An engine control system for a hybrid vehicle, having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor as driving force sources, comprising: a clutch, operable by an operator of the vehicle, provided between said engine and a manually-operated transmission system, for disabling and enabling driving force transmission between said engine and said transmission system; a clutch disengagement detector for detecting engagement or disengagement of said clutch; an engine speed detector for detecting an engine speed; and a fuel cutter for permitting stopping and restarting of said engine in accordance with at least a result of detection by said clutch disengagement detector among predetermined drive conditions, and cutting fuel supply to said engine when said vehicle decelerates, a fuel-supply restart engine speed at which fuel supply is resumed being set in said fuel cutter, wherein said stopping engine is accomplished by cutting fuel supply by said fuel cutter, and wherein once the engine stop control is initiated, even when said engine speed reaches said fuel-supply restart engine speed, fuel supply cut by said fuel cutter is maintained, and when said engine speed detected by said engine speed detector at a time of disengagement of said clutch is detected by said clutch disengagement detector is equal to or less than a predetermined engine speed, fuel supply cut by said fuel cutter is maintained whereas when said detected engine speed is greater than said predetermined engine speed, fuel supply is restarted.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 50 words
The engine control system according to claim 1 , wherein fuel supply cut by said fuel cutter is maintained at least when a shift position of said vehicle running at a vehicle speed equal to or less than a predetermined value is other than a reverse position and low position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 25 words
The engine control system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a condition for stopping said engine is that a brake pedal is actuated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 28 words
The engine control system according to claim 1 , 2 , or 3 , wherein said predetermined engine speed is equal to or less than an idling speed.

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