IP Library Granted Patent US 11,433,871
Granted Patent B2
US 11,433,871 · App. 16/942,867 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling the same

Inventor: Yoshihiro Furuya (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W20/13B60W10/26B60W2710/1022B60W2710/244
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Patent No.
US 11,433,871
App. No.
16/942,867
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ECU is configured to control an SOC control center of a battery and perform an engine torque suppression control. The engine torque suppression control is a control that suppresses output of an engine during a predetermined period of time after starting a system, and causes motor generators to output torque supplementing the suppressed output of the engine. When a deposition amount of PM on a filter exceeds a first specified amount, the ECU raises the SOC control center by controlling the motor generators before stopping the system as compared to when the deposition amount of PM is lower than a specified amount, and performs the engine torque suppression control at a next start after stopping the system.

Claims (26)

1. A hybrid vehicle comprising:

an engine;

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

a power storage device;

an electric driving device configured to output torque using electric power stored in the power storage device and charge the power storage device; and

a control device configured to control a state of charge (SOC) of the power storage device to be within an SOC control range and perform a suppression control, wherein:

the suppression control is a control that suppresses output of the engine during a predetermined period of time after starting a vehicle system, and causes the electric driving device to output torque supplementing the suppressed output of the engine; and

the control device is configured to, raise the SOC control range by controlling the electric driving device before stopping the vehicle system when a deposition amount of the particulate matter on the filter exceeds a specified amount as compared to when the deposition amount is lower than the specified amount, and perform the suppression control at a next start after stopping the vehicle system.

2. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to raise the SOC control range when the deposition amount exceeds the specified amount and there is a history of canceling the suppression control due to a decrease in SOC of the power storage device during the predetermined period of time.

3. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the control device is configured to increase a raising amount of the SOC control range as an insufficient time to perform the suppression control by canceling the suppression control becomes larger for the predetermined period of time, when there is the history.

4. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device increases a raising amount of the SOC control range as the deposition amount increases.

5. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to raise the SOC control range when the deposition amount exceeds the specified amount and an outside air temperature is lower than a specified temperature.

6. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the control device is configured to increase the raising amount of the SOC control range as the outside air temperature decreases.

7. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to limit a raising amount of the SOC control range to be smaller than an upper limit amount.

8. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to raise the SOC control range when a destination of the hybrid vehicle is a location where cold-start of the engine is expected at the next start of the vehicle system.

9. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to raise the SOC control range when an estimated arrival time at a destination of the hybrid vehicle is a time when cold-start of the engine is expected at the next start of the vehicle system.

10. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to start raising the SOC control range when a scheduled traveling distance of the hybrid vehicle from a current position to a destination is shorter than a predetermined distance.

11. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to start raising the SOC control range when a scheduled traveling time of the hybrid vehicle from a current position to a destination is less than a predetermined time.

12. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electric driving device includes

a first rotating electric machine configured to charge the power storage device, and

a second rotating electric machine configured to output torque using electric power stored in the power storage device; and

the control device is configured to raise the SOC control range by controlling at least one of the first and second rotating electric machine.

13. A method of controlling a hybrid vehicle including an engine, a filter configured to collect particulate matter in exhaust gas of the engine, a power storage device, and an electric driving device configured to output torque using electric power stored in the power storage device and charge the power storage device, the method comprising:

raising an SOC control range of the power storage device by controlling the electric driving device before stopping the vehicle system when a deposition amount of the particulate matter on the filter exceeds a specified amount as compared to when the deposition amount is lower than the specified amount; and

performing a suppression control at a next start after stopping the vehicle system, wherein the suppression control is a control that suppresses output of the engine during a predetermined period of time after starting the vehicle system, and causes the electric driving device to output torque supplementing the suppressed output of the engine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2020
From: FURUYA, YOSHIHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053351/0932 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-200586 · Nov 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210129826A1 · May 6, 2021
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