Patent ID: 6382335
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,F02D,F02P,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A control system for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle being driven by an electric motor powered by a battery which is charged by an electric generator driven by an internal combustion engine, the control system comprising:a rotation sensor system for generating pulse signals in sychronism with rotation of the engine; an ignition system for igniting fuel supplied to the engine according to the pulse signals of the rotation sensor system; a fuel injection system for supplying fuel to the engine according to the pulse signals of the rotation sensor system; means for detecting a failure in the ingnition system during a period in which no fuel is supplied to the engine; and means for inhibiting operation of the fuel injection system when the failure is detected by the failure detecting means.