Patent ID: 9470160
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: B60K,B60W,F02B,F02D,Y02T,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a generator which generates electric power by using an output of the internal combustion engine and a electricity storage apparatus which stores the electric power generated by the generator, the control apparatus for the internal combustion engine comprising: a temperature sensor which acquires a temperature of the internal combustion engine; a controller comprising at least one processor configured to control an opening degree of a throttle valve provided in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine; wherein: the controller controls, if a variation amount of decrease in output of the internal combustion engine exceeds a predetermined variation amount when the output of the internal combustion engine is smaller than a predetermined output in a non-warm-up state in which the temperature of the internal combustion engine acquired by the temperature acquiring unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature, an opening degree of the throttle valve to a predetermined increased opening degree which is increased as compared with a standard opening degree as an opening degree of the throttle valve to be provided when the variation amount does not exceed the predetermined variation amount; and the controller stores the electric power generated by the generator in the electricity storage apparatus corresponding to increase in output of the internal combustion engine based on an amount of increase from the standard opening degree to the predetermined increased opening degree.