Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle

• Main Authors: ICHIOKA EIJI, TAMURA TAKEMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.10.2013
• Subjects: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle to permit charging of an electric-energy storage device with an electric energy supplied from an external electric power source provided outside said hybrid vehicle, while said hybrid vehicle is held stationary; and to operate an engine for operating a lubricant supply device to supply a predetermined amount of the lubricant, during charging of said electric-energy storage device by said external electric power source, irrespective of whether a count of said motor running counter has reached a predetermined upper limit, and to reset said motor running counter.