US 11,981,321 B2
Controller for vehicle
Hironori Abe, Tokyo (JP); Kazunori Handa, Tokyo (JP); Daizo Ogino, Tokyo (JP); and Hitoshi Takeuchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/419,558
Filed by MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/043741
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/148973, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-007159 (JP), filed on Jan. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063594 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60K 6/485 (2007.10)
CPC B60W 20/40 (2013.01) [B60K 6/485 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controller for a vehicle that mounts thereon an engine, a first rotating electric machine, and a second rotating electric machine, the vehicle transmitting power of the engine and power of the first rotating electric machine to a drive wheel through respective power transmission paths, the vehicle generating electric power by supplying the power of the engine to the second rotating electric machine, wherein:
the vehicle comprises a mechanism on the power transmission path through which the power of the first rotating electric machine is transmitted to the drive wheel, the mechanism engaging or disengaging the power transmission path; and
the controller
calculates a requested driving power of the vehicle,
when the mechanism is shifted from a disengaged state to an engaged state to deal with an increase in the requested driving power while the engine is running, makes the second rotating electric machine power run and transmits power of the second rotating electric machine to the drive wheel, and
after shifting of the mechanism into the engaged state is completed, makes the first rotating electric machine power run and makes the second rotating electric machine into a no-load state or a power-running state according to the requested driving power.