Patent ID: 7686112
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for controlling a hybrid vehicle, the apparatus comprising: an engine; a motor-generator; a first coupling element disposed between the engine and the motor-generator to connect and disconnect a power transmission route between the engine and the motor-generator; a second coupling element disposed between the motor-generator and driving wheels of the hybrid vehicle to connect and disconnect a power transmission route between the motor-generator and the driving wheels; a sensor device operable to sensing a temperature of at least one of the first coupling element and the second coupling element; and a controller configured to control an amount of slippage in at least one of the first coupling element and the second coupling element depending on the temperature by reducing the amount of slippage in one of the first and second coupling elements when a measured temperature of the one of the first and second coupling elements is equal to or greater than a first predetermined value.