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Granted Patent B2
US 11,208,095 · App. 16/636,487 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

Control device and control method for vehicle

Inventors: Yutaka Shimizu (Atsugi, JP); Masayoshi Nakasaki (Isehara, JP)
Assignees: JATCO LTD; NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,208,095
App. No.
16/636,487
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device for a vehicle having a drive shaft, an engagement element, an engine connected to the drive shaft via the engagement element, and an electric motor connected to the drive shaft not via the engagement element includes a control portion adapted to stop the engine after a maintaining period in which the engine is maintained at predetermined rotation speed during travel of the vehicle. The a control portion gradually decreases an engagement volume of the engagement element while gradually increasing a power generation load of the electric motor during the maintaining period to disengage the engagement element, and stops the engine after disengagement of the engagement element.

Claims (26)

1. A control device for a vehicle having:

a drive shaft;

an engagement element;

an engine connected to the drive shaft via the engagement element; and

an electric motor connected to the drive shaft not via the engagement element,

the control device comprising:

a controller configured to stop the engine after a maintaining period in which the engine is maintained at predetermined rotation speed during travel of the vehicle, wherein

the controller gradually decreases an engagement volume of the engagement element while gradually increasing a power generation load of the electric motor during the maintaining period to disengage the engagement element, and stops the engine after disengagement of the engagement element.

2. The control device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller increases the power generation load of the electric motor at the same time as start of a decrease in the rotation speed of the engine before the maintaining period.

3. A control method for a vehicle having:

a drive shaft;

an engagement element;

an engine connected to the drive shaft via the engagement element; and

an electric motor connected to the drive shaft not via the engagement element,

the control method comprising:

during travel of the vehicle, stopping the engine after a maintaining period in which the engine is maintained at predetermined rotation speed; and

gradually decreasing an engagement volume of the engagement element while gradually increasing a power generation load of the electric motor during the maintaining period to disengage the engagement element, and stopping the engine after disengagement of the engagement element.

4. A control device for a vehicle having:

a drive shaft;

an engagement element;

an engine connected to the drive shaft via the engagement element; and

an electric motor connected to the drive shaft not via the engagement element,

the control device comprising:

control means for stopping the engine after a maintaining period in which the engine is maintained at predetermined rotation speed during travel of the vehicle, wherein

the control means gradually decreases an engagement volume of the engagement element while gradually increasing a power generation load of the electric motor during the maintaining period to disengage the engagement element, and stops the engine after disengagement of the engagement element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2020
From: SHIMIZU, YUTAKA; NAKASAKI, MASAYOSHI
To: JATCO LTD; NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051714/0316 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-152497 · Aug 7, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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