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Controller for hybrid vehicle wherein one and the other of front and rear wheels are respectively driven by engine and electric motor

  • US 6,205,379 B1
  • Filed: 08/12/1999
  • Issued: 03/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A controller for controlling a hybrid front-and-rear-drive automotive vehicle including a front wheel and a rear wheel, an engine, an electric generator operated by said engine, and an electric motor operable with an electric energy generated by said electric generator, and wherein one and the other of said front and rear wheels is driven by said engine and said electric motor, respectively, said controller comprising:

  • an electric energy storage device; and

    cooperative energy supply means for supplying an electric current from said electric energy storage device to said electric motor, concurrently with a supply of an electric energy from said electric generator to said electric motor, to operate said electric motor for driving said other of said front and rear wheels.

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