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Control device for hybrid vehicle

  • US 9,415,768 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2012
  • Issued: 08/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A controller for a hybrid railroad vehicle that is applied to a hybrid railroad vehicle drive system including a power storage, a power generator that is electrically connected to the power storage, and a load that drives a vehicle by using power from the power storage and the power generator, wherein the controller comprisesa high-order controller that controls charge and discharge with respect to the power storage through the power generator, whereinthe high-order controller includes a traveling-direction generator that generates a traveling direction signal expressing a traveling direction (forward/reverse) of a vehicle,the traveling-direction generator generates the traveling direction signal by using a vehicle-direction switching signal generated when a traveling direction of a vehicle is switched, andthe high-order controller controls the power generator by calculating an amount of charge/discharge with respect to the power storage, on a basis of the traveling direction signal output every time a target point is reached.

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