Hybrid vehicle and control method thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8620499
APP PUB NO 20090299560A1
SERIAL NO

12474601

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After completion of warm-up of an engine, upon satisfaction of an exhaust gas recirculation condition by setting the drive mode of a hybrid vehicle to a normal mode according to the driver's accelerator operation, when a power difference ΔPe representing a decrease rate of a power demand Pe* required for the engine is less than a preset reference value α, the engine and motors MG1 and MG2 are controlled to ensure output of a power equivalent to the power demand Pe* from the engine with prohibition for exhaust gas recirculation via an EGR valve and to ensure output of a torque equivalent to a torque demand Tr* to a ring gear shaft or an axle (steps S300 to S330 and step S390).

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TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA1 TOYOTACHO TOYOTA-SHI AICHI 4718571 ?4718571
DENSO CORPORATION1-1 SHOWA-CHO KARIYA-CITY AICHI 4488661 ?4488661

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Harada, Takeshi Nagoya, JP 143 2347
Tomatsuri, Mamoru Toyota, JP 26 400

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