Patent ID: 9393876
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A generation control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle comprising: a rechargeable battery which supplies electric power to an electric motor which is a drive source of the hybrid vehicle; and a generation unit having an internal combustion engine and a generator which generates electric power by operation of the internal combustion engine and adapted to supply generated electric power to the electric motor or the battery, wherein: the generation unit is activated with a high load state in which an electric power that is consumed in the hybrid vehicle over a predetermined period of time becomes larger than a maximum output electric power of the generation unit and thereafter, the generation unit is driven continuously until a state of charge of the battery reaches a target state of charge of the battery which is set at the high load state when the electric power that is consumed in the hybrid vehicle over the predetermined period of time becomes smaller than the maximum output electric power of the generation unit; the generation control apparatus comprises a counting module which counts the number of cycles in which the battery is charged to the target state of charge which is set at the high load state; and when the number of cycles counted by the counting module is equal to or larger than a predetermined number of cycles, the target state of charge which is set at the high load state is set as the target state of charge of the battery.