US 11,866,030 B2
Control device of hybrid vehicle, hybrid vehicle, and control method
Tomoki Tada, Akashi (JP); and Shohei Terai, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed by KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,824.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-213173 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194356 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 20/15 (2016.01) [B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 2300/36 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising:
a driving power source including an internal combustion engine and an electric motor;
an accelerator manipulation element;
a selector to which selection information is input and is operable between a non-manipulating position and a manipulating position; and
a control device that controls the engine and the electric motor in accordance with an accelerator manipulation amount of the accelerator manipulation element, wherein
the control device includes:
a determiner that determines whether or not a predetermined first condition is satisfied and whether or not a predetermined second condition is satisfied;
a control unit that controls the engine and the electric motor in accordance with the accelerator manipulation amount and a determination result of the determiner; and
a selection information receiver that receives the selection information from the selector,
even when the accelerator manipulation amount is the same, and
when the first condition is satisfied, the control unit controls the driving power source such that the driving power source outputs first driving force in a first driving state, and
when the second condition is satisfied, the control unit controls the driving power source such that the driving power source outputs second driving force larger than the first driving force in a second driving state,
the first condition includes a condition that the selection information is first selection information that is information indicating that the selector is at the non-manipulating position,
the second condition includes a condition that the selection information is second selection information that is information indicating that the selector is at the manipulating position, and
the control unit controls the driving power source such that the driving power source outputs the second driving force in the second driving state while the selection information receiver continuously receives the second selection information.