Motor vehicles – Power – Electric
Patent
1997-04-08
1999-02-23
Camby, Richard M.
Motor vehicles
Power
Electric
477 2, B60K 100
Patent
active
058734260
ABSTRACT:
Hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle, wherein an automatic transmission disposed between a drive wheel of the vehicle and a drive power source including an engine and an electric motor is controlled by a shift control device, to change the speed ratio according to a normal shift pattern in a normal vehicle operating state, and according to a special shift pattern in a predetermined special vehicle operating state such that the speed ratio according to the special shift pattern is smaller than the speed ratio according to the normal shift pattern, and wherein at least the engine is selected by a substitute drive power source selecting device, as the drive power source for driving the vehicle in the special operating state in which the automatic transmission is controlled according to the special shift pattern.
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Hata Hiroshi
Ibaraki Ryuji
Mikami Tsuyoshi
Tabata Atsushi
Taga Yutaka
Camby Richard M.
Toyota Jidosha & Kabushiki Kaisha
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