Vehicle and control method for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10138770-B2
Application number	US-201715634709-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2017
Priority date	Jul 11, 2016
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

An electronic control unit stores a vehicle load at the time when the vehicle is switched into an ignition off state, stops operation of an electric oil pump when the vehicle load is small, and operates the electric oil pump when the vehicle load is large. Thus, a decrease in service life due to an increase in the number of times of the start of the electric oil pump is suppressed, and, when it is estimated that the vehicle load is large, the response of the start of a vehicle, which makes a driver experience a feeling of strangeness, is improved by starting the electric oil pump together with switching the vehicle into an ignition on state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a driving force source including at least one electric motor;
a mechanical oil pump;
an electric oil pump; and
an electronic control unit configured to select any one of a first drive mode and a second drive mode, the first drive mode and the second drive mode of the vehicle being modes that use the at least one electric motor,
the second drive mode being a mode in which a driving force that is output from the at least one electric motor is larger than the driving force in the first drive mode,
the electronic control unit being configured to detect a vehicle load at the time when the vehicle is traveling, and
the electronic control unit being configured to operate the electric oil pump and select the second drive mode when the electronic control unit determines that the vehicle load is larger than a predetermined value and determines that the vehicle has been switched from an ignition off state to an ignition on state.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to detect the vehicle load in the ignition on state before switching from the ignition on state to the ignition off state.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to detect at least one of a gradient of the vehicle, a shipping weight of the vehicle and a towing load of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the driving force source includes two or more of the electric motors, and
the second drive mode is a mode in which the number of the electric motors to be driven is larger than the number of the electric motors to be driven in the first drive mode.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an engine that serves as the driving force source; and
a lock mechanism that blocks rotation of an output shaft of the engine in a reverse direction, wherein
the vehicle is a hybrid vehicle.

6. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to stop the electric oil pump until request for two-motor drive control is issued when no request for two-motor drive control is issued within a predetermined time and the electronic control unit determines that the electric oil pump is operated, and
the two-motor drive control is control for simultaneously driving two or more of the electric motors.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to operate the electric oil pump when an elapsed time exceeds a predetermined time, the elapsed time is a time from when the vehicle is switched into the ignition off state to the ignition on state.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to operate the electric oil pump when an oil temperature of hydraulic oil exceeds a predetermined value, the hydraulic oil is used for the electric oil pump.

9. A control method for a vehicle, the vehicle including a driving force source, a mechanical oil pump, an electric oil pump and an electronic control unit, the driving force source including at least one electric motor, the control method comprising:
selecting, by the electronic control unit, any one of a first drive mode and a second drive mode, the first drive mode and the second drive mode of the vehicle being modes that use the at least one electric motor;
detecting, by the electronic control unit, a vehicle load at the time when the vehicle is traveling; and
operating, by the electronic control unit, the electric oil pump and selecting, by the electronic control unit, the second drive mode when the electronic control unit determines that the vehicle load is larger than a predetermined value and determines that the vehicle has been switched from an ignition off state to an ignition on state,
the second drive mode being a mode in which a driving force that is output from the at least one electric motor is larger than the driving force in the first drive mode.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamahata Masami
• Nishimine Akiko
• Kodama Takuya
• Tanabe Kenji

Classifications

• B60W2510/0676

  Engine temperature · CPC title

• B60W20/40

  Controlling the engagement or disengagement of prime movers, e.g. for transition between prime movers {(power-up or power-down of the driveline B60W30/192)} · CPC title

• Y10S903/91

  Orbital, e.g. planetary gears · CPC title

• B60W2530/207

  Towing force · CPC title

• B60W10/08

  including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators · CPC title