Method for controlling vehicle in case of oil-pump failure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10124797-B2
Application number	US-201715657907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2017
Priority date	Mar 22, 2017
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

A method for controlling a vehicle in the event of an oil-pump failure may include: a first comparison step of comparing, by a controller, an actual RPM of an EOP with a first set value set in advance based on a target RPM of the EOP; a maximum EOP driving step of driving the EOP to a maximum output by the controller when a result of the comparison in the first comparison step shows that the actual RPM is smaller than or equal to the first set value; a second comparison step of comparing the actual RPM of the EOP with a second set value by the controller after the maximum EOP driving step; and a creep driving step of making the vehicle perform creep driving using a motor by the controller when a result of the comparison in the second comparison step shows that the actual RPM is larger than the second set value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a vehicle in an event of an oil-pump failure, the method comprising:
a first comparison step of comparing an actual RPM of an electric oil pump (EOP) with a first set value set in advance based on a target RPM of the EOP by a controller;
a maximum EOP driving step of driving the EOP to a maximum output by the controller when a result of the comparison in the first comparison step shows that the actual RPM is smaller than or equal to the first set value;
a second comparison step of comparing the actual RPM of the EOP with a second set value by the controller after the maximum EOP driving step; and
a creep driving step of making the vehicle perform creep driving using a motor by the controller when a result of the comparison in the second comparison step shows that the actual RPM is larger than the second set value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set value is set to a value smaller than the target RPM of the EOP.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set value is set to an EOP RPM at which the vehicle performs a motor creep driving in a first gear or a second gear.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to carry out the creep driving using the motor in the creep driving step only when the vehicle is in a first gear or a second gear.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
a torque transmission restriction step of: turning off an engine until a vehicle speed reaches a set vehicle speed and restricting generation of a motor torque by the controller when the result of the comparison in the second comparison step shows that the actual RPM is larger than the second set value,
wherein the controller is configured to carry out the creep driving step after the torque transmission restriction step.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set vehicle speed is set to a value within a vehicle speed range of a case where the vehicle is in a first gear or a second gear.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
a motor-charging step of charging the motor by turning on the engine and opening an engine clutch by the controller after the torque transmission restriction step.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the vehicle to be shut down when the result of the comparison in the second comparison step shows that the actual RPM is smaller than or equal to the second set value.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Yong Hyun
• Soh Hyun Jun
• Rho Jeong Won

Classifications

• B60W2510/30

  Auxiliary equipments · CPC title

• B60W2710/021

  Clutch engagement state · CPC title

• B60W2520/10

  Longitudinal speed · CPC title

• Y10S903/93

  Conjoint control of different elements · CPC title

• B60W10/06

  including control of combustion engines · CPC title