US 12,202,467 B2
Hybrid electric vehicle and driving mode control method and apparatus for same
Jin Kyeom Cho, Suwon-Si (KR); Sung Deok Kim, Seongnam-Si (KR); Ku Young Kang, Seoul (KR); Seong Wook Moon, Seoul (KR); and Sung Chan Na, Seongnam-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,802.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0080677 (KR), filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001909 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 20/40 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/172 (2024.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A driving mode control method of a hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising:
when an engine start request is generated by a heating controller of the vehicle while the vehicle is driving in a state in which an engine of the vehicle is not started, determining a second time based on a first time between cancellation of a previous engine start request and the generation of the engine start request; and
controlling, by a control portion, the engine so that the engine is further maintained in a started state during the second time after the cancellation of the engine start request.