Control method for vehicle with DCT

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10184533-B2
Application number	US-201615331323-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2016
Priority date	May 20, 2016
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a control method for a vehicle with a DCT, the method including: a diagnosing step of disengaging a corresponding clutch and limiting engine torque to suppress an increase in engine RPM when a controller detects an error from a hall sensor signal, and then applying a test pulse for diagnosing the hall sensor; a reset attempting step of attempting to reset the clutch to an initial position when the controller determines that the hall sensor signal is normal after the diagnosing step; and a returning step of starting normal control of the clutch from the initial position to a target clutch stroke by means of the controller and of removing the limiting of the engine torque, when the clutch is reset to the initial position in the reset attempting step.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method for a vehicle with a DCT, the method comprising:
a diagnosing step of disengaging a corresponding clutch and limiting an engine torque to suppress an increase in engine RPM when a controller detects an error from a hall sensor signal, and then applying a test pulse to a motor being sensed by the hall sensor;
a reset attempting step of attempting to reset the clutch to an initial position when the controller determines that the hall sensor signal is normal after the diagnosing step; and
a returning step of starting normal control of the clutch from the initial position to a target clutch stroke by the controller and of removing the limiting the engine torque, when the clutch is reset to the initial position in the reset attempting step.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising an escaping step of repeatedly attempting the reset attempting step by a predetermined number of times when the controller senses a stuck state, in which the clutch is not moved even by the reset attempting step, after the reset attempting step and before the returning step.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising a malfunction responding step of stopping use of an input shaft determined as having a malfunction and changing into single-clutch driving that uses only an other input shaft, when an error of the hall sensor is decided or when the stuck state is not removed even by repeating the reset attempting step by the predetermined number of times in the escaping step, wherein the malfunction responding step is performed after the diagnosing step.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the diagnosing step includes a step of prohibiting learning transmission torque characteristics of strokes of the clutch, and wherein the returning step includes removing the prohibition of learning.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the returning step, the clutch is moved relatively quickly for approximately 70% of an entire period from the initial position to the target clutch stroke and moved slowly in a remaining period to inhibit or prevent a shock due to reengagement of the clutch.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the limiting of engine torque is gradually removed in the returning step as time passes.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Sung Hyun
• Kim Ho Sung
• Yoon Young Min
• Cheong Seong Hwan

Classifications

• F16D48/064 Primary

  Control of electrically or electromagnetically actuated clutches (F16D48/062, F16D48/068 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16D48/06

  Control by electric or electronic means, e.g. of fluid pressure · CPC title

• F16D2500/5046

  Preventing engine over-speed, e.g. by actuation of the main clutch · CPC title

• F16D2500/1045

  Friction clutch · CPC title

• F16D2500/7041

  Position · CPC title