Patent ID: 6550557
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle with a combustion engine for outputting a driving force, an electric motor for generating a force for assisting the output from the engine, depending on the driving conditions, a power storage unit for storing electric energy generated by the motor acting as a generator using the output from the engine and electric energy regenerated by the motor when the vehicle decelerates, the control apparatus including:a speed limiter for decreasing the driving force produced by the motor when the vehicle speed exceeds a first threshold value while the engine and the motor produce the driving force; a generation starter for starting generation by the motor when the vehicle speed exceeds a second threshold value which is higher than the first threshold value; and a generation amount setting device for setting the amount of generation to be provided to the storage unit, depending on the driving conditions of the vehicle, when the generation starter starts the generation, whereinthe motor generates the electric energy, depending on the amount of generation set by the generation amount setting device.