Method for non-microslip based dual clutch transmission power on up shift

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10065649-B2
Application number	US-201615162357-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2016
Priority date	Jul 17, 2013
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A method of controlling a dual clutch transmission power on up shift including an on-coming clutch and an off-going clutch. The method includes implementing a prep phase comprised of decreasing torque on the off-going clutch, monitoring the off-going clutch speed to determine a slip point, and adding a bump torque to the off-going clutch when the off-going clutch reaches the slip point. The method implements a torque phase transferring torque from the off-going clutch to the on-coming clutch by increasing torque on the on-coming clutch towards an engine torque, decreasing torque on the off-going clutch, and simultaneously keeping the combination of torques greater than the slip point.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a dual clutch transmission, comprising, during a prep phase:
decreasing torque on an off-going clutch;
determining a slip point of the off-going clutch; and
adding a bump torque to the off-going clutch when the off-going clutch begins to slip at a slip point, the bump torque preventing any further off-going slip.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, during a torque phase that is subsequent to the prep phase:
increasing torque on an on-coming clutch;
decreasing torque on the off-going clutch; and
as an off-going clutch torque is decreasing, controlling the dual clutch transmission so that a combination of an on-coming clutch torque added to the off-going clutch torque remains greater than the slip point.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein increasing torque on the on-coming clutch during the torque phase comprises increasing torque on the on-coming clutch towards an engine torque engagement point that is determined based on an engine torque, a feed-forward engine torque, and an engine flare feedback.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein decreasing torque on the off-going clutch during the torque phase comprises decreasing torque on the off-going clutch towards a baseline minimum off-going clutch torque that is arrived at prior to the on-coming clutch reaching the slip point.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising implementing an inertial phase subsequent to the torque phase, the inertial phase comprising increasing an inertial torque until an engine speed matches an on-coming clutch speed.

6. The method of claim 5 , the inertial phase further comprising decreasing torque on the off-going clutch towards an off-going clutch disconnect point over a disconnect period between 10 ms and 200 ms.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prep phase further comprises increasing torque on the on-coming clutch to a pre-fill torque, wherein the pre-fill torque comprises a plate-touch-point torque that is a torque transmitted when clutch plates come into an initial contact.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the on-coming clutch reaches the pre-fill torque prior to the off-going clutch reaching the slip point.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein decreasing torque on the off-going clutch to the slip point comprises decreasing torque on the off-going clutch towards an estimated slip point that occurs when the off-going clutch dips in speed, the estimated slip point estimated based on one of the engine torque, the on-coming clutch pre-fill torque, and a gear offset torque.

10. A dual clutch transmission comprising:
a first clutch;
a second clutch;
a clutch control assembly in communication with the first clutch and the second clutch, the clutch control assembly configured to power on up shift by:
decreasing torque on the first clutch;
determining a slip point that occurs when slip is initiated on the first clutch; and
adding a bump torque to the first clutch when the first clutch reaches the slip point, the bump torque preventing any further slip of the first clutch.

11. The dual clutch transmission of claim 10 , wherein the clutch control assembly is configured to power on up shift by transferring torque between the first clutch and the second clutch by simultaneously decreasing a first clutch torque and increasing a second clutch torque such that a combination of the first clutch torque and the second clutch torque remains greater than the slip point.

12. The dual clutch transmission of claim 11 , wherein the clutch control assembly transfers torque between the first clutch and the second clutch using the steps of:
determining a speed when an engine flare occurs; and
increasing torque on the second clutch towards an engine torque engagement point, the engine torque engagement point determined based on the engine torque, a feed-forward engine torque, and an engine flare feedback.

13. The dual clutch transmission of claim 10 , wherein the clutch control assembly is further configured to increase torque on the second clutch to a pre-fill torque prior to determining the slip point.

14. The dual clutch transmission of claim 10 , wherein decreasing torque on the first clutch comprises the clutch control assembly linearly decreasing torque on the first clutch towards an estimated slip point, the estimated slip point estimated based on an engine torque, a second clutch pre-fill torque, and a gear offset torque.

15. The dual clutch transmission of claim 10 , wherein the clutch control assembly is further configured to decrease torque on the first clutch to a first clutch disengagement over a disengagement period.

16. The dual clutch transmission of claim 15 , wherein the disengagement period is configured to dampen oscillations of the first clutch.

17. A system for operating a dual clutch transmission, including a clutch control assembly configured to engage a prep phase comprised of:
decreasing torque on an off-going clutch;
determining a slip point, the slip point comprising the off-going clutch torque when slip is initiated; and
adding a bump torque to the off-going clutch when the off-going clutch reaches the slip point, the bump torque preventing any further off-going clutch slip.

18. The system of claim 17 , the clutch control assembly further configured to engage a torque phase subsequent to the prep phase, the torque phase comprising transferring torque between the off-going clutch and an on-coming clutch by simultaneously decreasing an off-going clutch torque and increasing an on-coming clutch torque, wherein the combination of the off-going clutch torque and the on-coming clutch torque remains greater than the slip point.

19. The system as described in claim 18 , wherein the clutch control assembly is further configured to engage an inertial phase subsequent to the torque phase, the inertial phase comprising decreasing torque on the off-going clutch over a disengagement period configured to dampen oscillations of the off-going clutch.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the clutch control assembly is further configured to: determine engine flare based on an engine speed; and
increase torque on the on-coming clutch towards an engine torque engagement point, the engine torque engagement point comprising determined based on the engine torque, a feed-forward engine torque, and an engine flare feedback.

Assignees

• Eaton Cummins Automated Trans Tech Llc
• Eaton Corp

Inventors

• Dunfee Ii Jeffrey S
• Hart Andrew
• Fitzgerald Simon
• Gallion Michael

Classifications

• B60W2710/027

  Clutch torque · CPC title

• B60W30/18

  Propelling the vehicle · CPC title

• F16D2500/10412

  Transmission line of a vehicle · CPC title

• B60W10/06

  including control of combustion engines · CPC title

• B60W2510/0275

  Clutch torque · CPC title