POWER OUTPUT DEVICE, HYBRID VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEM

Title:

POWER OUTPUT DEVICE, HYBRID VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEM

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2000/041909

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A power output device, wherein an engine (150), a motor (130), and a motor (140) and an axle (116) are connected to a planetary carrier (123) of a planetary gear (120), a sun gear (121), and a ring gear (122), respectively, a clutch (160) is provided between the planetary gear (120) and the motor (140) so that both of them can be disengaged and engaged, a brake (162) is provided to fix the ring gear (122) when the clutch (160) is disengaged, whereby, when the clutch (160) is engaged, the formation of a parallel hybrid vehicle is realized and, when the clutch (160) is disengaged and the ring gear (122) is fixed by the brake (162), the formation of a series hybrid vehicle is realized, and the mode is switched according to the traveling conditions of the vehicle so that a traveling can be performed making use of the advantages of each mode.

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Inventors:

HATA HIROSHI (JP)
MATSUI HIDEAKI (JP)
IBARAKI RYUJI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2000/000117

Publication Date:

July 20, 2000

Filing Date:

January 12, 2000

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Assignee:

TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD (JP)
HATA HIROSHI (JP)
MATSUI HIDEAKI (JP)
IBARAKI RYUJI (JP)

International Classes:

B60K17/04; B60K6/20; B60K6/26; B60K6/365; B60K6/40; B60K6/442; B60K6/445; B60K6/448; B60L50/15; B60L50/16; B60W10/00; B60W10/02; B60W10/04; B60W10/06; B60W10/08; B60W10/10; B60W10/12; B60W10/26; B60W20/00; F02D29/00; F02D29/02; F02D29/06; B60K1/02; B60K17/356; (IPC1-7): B60L11/14; B60K6/00

Foreign References:

US5722502A	1998-03-03
JPH10327504A	1998-12-08
JPH06144020A	1994-05-24
JPH0898320A	1996-04-12
US5804934A	1998-09-08
JPH0914385A	1997-01-14
JPH09193676A	1997-07-29

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Igarashi, Takao (Nishiki 1-chome Naka-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi, JP)

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