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Assist control apparatus for hybrid vehicle

  • US 20020116112A1
  • Filed: 02/14/2002
  • Published: 08/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An assist control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle comprising an engine which drives the hybrid vehicle, and a motor which assists drive of the engine in accordance with driving conditions of the vehicle, wherein the engine is a cylinder deactivating engine which can perform a normal operation and a cylinder deactivating operation, and there is provided a cylinder resumption assist judgment device which judges whether the drive of the engine should be assisted by the motor when the engine shifts from the cylinder deactivating operation to the normal operation, and when the cylinder resumption assist judgment device detects a resumption from the cylinder deactivated condition and judges that a throttle opening is larger than a predetermined value, drive of the engine is assisted by the motor.

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