Patent ID: 6177773
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A regeneration control device for use in a hybrid vehicle, which includes an internal combustion engine, driving wheels drivable by the internal combustion engine, a motor for additionally providing the driving wheels with electric power, said motor capable of working as a generator while braking the vehicle, a transmission between the engine, motor and driving wheels and an accumulator for supplying the motor with electric power and storing electric energy regenerated by the motor depending upon a deceleration degree, characterized in that it is provided with calculating means for determining the degree of slope of a road and correcting means for correcting regeneration of electric energy according to the road slope determined by the calculating means while using the motor as the generator, the output of which is corrected and returned to charge the accumulator.