Control device of hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10527159-B2
Application number	US-201815873666-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2018
Priority date	Jan 26, 2017
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

A hybrid vehicle control device has: a determining portion determining, during idle engine operation, whether a meshing state is achieved in which the lock member is meshed with the parking gear, or a non-meshing state is achieved in which the lock member is not meshed with the parking gear; and a control portion providing a control of applying the running electric motor torque to the rotary member to eliminate a gap in a meshing portion between gears in the power transmission system and a gap in a meshing portion between the parking gear and the lock member when it is determined that the meshing state is achieved, and providing a control of applying a torque of the differential electric motor to the rotary member to eliminate a gap in the meshing portion between gears in the power transmission system when it is determined that the non-meshing state is achieved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device of a hybrid vehicle that includes a differential mechanism distributing a power from an engine to a differential electric motor and drive wheels, a rotary member transmitting a power from the differential mechanism to the drive wheels, and a running electric motor coupled in a power transmittable manner between the rotary member and the drive wheels and that is provided with a parking gear preventing rotation in a power transmission system from the rotary member to the drive wheels when a shift position is at a parking position since a lock member is meshed with the parking gear, the control device comprising:
a determining portion configured to determine, during idle operation of the engine with the shift position set to the parking position, whether a meshing state is achieved in which the lock member is meshed with the parking gear, or a non-meshing state is achieved in which the lock member is not meshed with the parking gear; and
a control portion configured to provide a control of applying a torque of the running electric motor to the rotary member to eliminate a gap in a meshing portion between gears in the power transmission system and a gap in a meshing portion between the parking gear and the lock member when it is determined that the meshing state is achieved, and to provide a control of applying a torque of the differential electric motor to the rotary member to eliminate a gap in the meshing portion between gears in the power transmission system when it is determined that the non-meshing state is achieved.

2. The control device of a hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the determining portion calculates a rotation angle of the rotary member based on a rotation angle of the running electric motor and determines whether the meshing state or the non-meshing state is achieved based on the rotation angle of the rotary member.

3. The control device of a hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a learning portion configured to learn a rotation angle of the rotary member at which the parking gear and the lock member enter the meshing state, based on a rotation angle of the rotary member when the vehicle stops with the shift position set to the parking position on uphill and downhill roads.

4. The control device of a hybrid vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the learning portion corrects the rotation angle of the rotary member at which the parking gear and the lock member enter the meshing state, depending on a road surface gradient of the uphill and downhill roads.

5. The control device of a hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein when it is determined that the parking gear and the lock member are in the meshing state, the control portion varies the torque applied from the running electric motor in consideration of rigidity of the rotary member and a gap in the meshing portion between the parking gear and the lock member.

6. The control device of a hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a braking control portion configured to actuate a braking device for inhibiting movement of the vehicle while the torque of the running electric motor or the differential electric motor is applied to the rotary member.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takeuchi Tomoya

Classifications

• B60W2710/188

  Parking lock mechanisms · CPC title

• B60W2510/0642

  Idle condition · CPC title

• F02D41/08

  for idling (F02D41/06, F02D41/16 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60W10/182

  including control of parking brakes · CPC title

• B60W2552/15

  Road slope, i.e. the inclination of a road segment in the longitudinal direction · CPC title