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Title:
HYBRID VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2007118809
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To improve efficiency of a cooling system configuration of a hybrid vehicle loading an engine and a motor mainly in aspects of power consumption and space saving.

In a cooling system wherein an engine cooling path 304 and an HV cooling path 305 are integrated, a water pump 305 provided in both the cooling paths 304, 305 in common is not provided inside both the cooling paths, and a flow control mechanism 360 is disposed between the water pump 305 and both the cooling paths 304, 305. An ECU 380 sets a cooling water discharge amount of the water pump 305 according to a sum of necessary cooling water amounts in both the cooling paths 304, 305 on the basis of an operation state of the engine 4 and a motor generator. The flow control mechanism 360 distributes cooling water discharged from the water pump 350 according to a ratio of the necessary cooling water amounts in both the cooling paths 304, 305.


Inventors:
YOSHIDA TADASHI
Application Number:
JP2005314753A
Publication Date:
May 17, 2007
Filing Date:
October 28, 2005
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
B60W10/30; B60K6/365; B60K6/40; B60K6/445; B60K11/02; B60K17/04; B60W20/00; F01P3/12; F01P7/16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kuro Fukami
Toshio Morita
Tadashi Muto



 
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