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Granted Patent B2
US 10,480,381 · App. 15/804,124 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Vehicle and control method for vehicle

Inventors: Tomoya Suzuki (Nagakute, JP); Takashi Suzuki (Miyoshi, JP); Mitsuyori Matsumura (Seto, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
F01N9/002F01N3/029B60H1/025F01N2430/00F01N2590/11F01N2900/10F01N2900/1404F01N2900/1631Y02T10/47
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Patent No.
US 10,480,381
App. No.
15/804,124
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a filter collecting particulate matter contained in exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine; a heater core configured to be able to heat up a vehicle cabin; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute regeneration cut control and heating control. The regeneration cut control is a control for regenerating the filter by stopping a fuel supply to the internal combustion engine and supplying oxygen to the filter in a state where an output shaft of the internal combustion engine rotates. The heating control is a control for bringing the internal combustion engine into a combustion state and heating by the heater core. The electronic control unit is configured not to execute the heating control but to execute the regeneration cut control when the heating control is requested and the regeneration cut control is requested.

Claims (21)

1. A vehicle comprising:

an internal combustion engine;

a filter configured to collect particulate matter contained in exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine;

a heater configured to be able to heat up a vehicle cabin by using exhaust heat of the internal combustion engine; and

an electronic control unit configured to execute regeneration cut control and heating control, the regeneration cut control being a control for regenerating the filter by stopping a fuel supply to the internal combustion engine and supplying oxygen to the filter in a state where an output shaft of the internal combustion engine rotates, and the heating control being a control for bringing the internal combustion engine into a combustion state and heating by the heater using exhaust heat of the internal combustion engine, the electronic control unit being configured to execute the heating control when the heating control is requested and not to execute the heating control but to execute the regeneration cut control when the heating control is requested and the regeneration cut control is requested.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 further comprising:

a first rotary electric machine connected to the internal combustion engine, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to stop the fuel supply to the internal combustion engine and make the output shaft of the internal combustion engine rotate by using power of the first rotary electric machine when executing the regeneration cut control.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 further comprising:

a drive wheel; and

a second rotary electric machine connected to the drive wheel, wherein

the electronic control unit is configured to make the drive wheel rotate by using power of the second rotary electric machine during execution of the regeneration cut control.

4. A control method for a vehicle,

the vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a filter, a heater, and an electronic control unit,

the filter configured to collect particulate matter contained in exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine,

the heater configured to be able to heat up a vehicle cabin by using exhaust heat of the internal combustion engine, and

the electronic control unit configured to execute regeneration cut control and heating control,

the control method comprising:

executing, by the electronic control unit, the heating control when the heating control is requested; and

not executing, by the electronic control unit, the heating control but executing the regeneration cut control when the heating control is requested and the regeneration cut control is requested,

the regeneration cut control being a control for regenerating the filter by stopping a fuel supply to the internal combustion engine and supplying oxygen to the filter in a state where an output shaft of the internal combustion engine rotates, and the heating control being a control for bringing the internal combustion engine into a combustion state and heating by the heater using exhaust heat of the internal combustion engine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2017
From: SUZUKI, TOMOYA; SUZUKI, TAKASHI; MATSUMURA, MITSUYORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044376/0796 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-236618 · Dec 6, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180156097A1 · Jun 7, 2018