Hybrid vehicle control device with transmission control for a level difference of a road surface

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PATENT NO 9963141
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15121827

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A hybrid vehicle control device is provided with at least one controller programmed to control outputs of the engine and the electric motor, an engagement and disengagement of the clutch, and a transmission ratio of the continuously variable transmission in accordance with a driving state. The at least one controller is further programmed to restart the engine while maintaining a released state of the clutch, and downshift the continuously variable transmission to a predetermined transmission ratio for passing over the level difference upon determining that the level difference is present while traveling by a drive force of the motor with the clutch released and the engine stopped.

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NISSAN MOTOR CO LTDKANAGAWA KANAGAWA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hirano, Takuro Gotemba, JP 5 50
Kodama, Yoshihisa Sagamihara, JP 30 435
Nagamine, Morihiro Kanagawa, JP 8 112
Oshio, Shintaro Kanagawa, JP 6 49
Otsuka, Yukifumi Isehara, JP 2 22
Takano, Akira Kanagawa, JP 105 1272
Yamamoto, Akihiro Hiratsuka, JP 222 2500

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