Vehicle and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10724633-B2
Application number	US-201615559031-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2016
Priority date	Mar 23, 2015
Publication date	Jul 28, 2020
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020

Abstract

The present invention is related to a vehicle including a motor-generator, a transmission, a shift hydraulic control unit, and a CVT control unit (CVTCU). When a downshift of the transmission is performed without an acceleration request from a driver, the CVTCU sets a pulley thrust at a secondary pulley on the basis of a first lower limit as a lower limit, which is a sum of a fundamental thrust and a first correction thrust. The CVTCU also sets a pulley thrust at a primary pulley on the basis of a second lower limit as a lower limit, which is a sum of the fundamental thrust and a second correction thrust.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a motor-generator:
a variator to which a driving force from the motor-generator is transmitted, the variator including:
a primary pulley whose groove width is changed by controlling a primary pressure;
a secondary pulley whose groove width is changed by controlling a secondary pressure; and
a belt wound around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley; and

a controller configured to control the primary pressure and the secondary pressure, the controller being configured such that when a downshift of the variator is performed without an acceleration request from a driver, the controller:
sets a target hydraulic pressure for the secondary pressure on a basis of a first guaranteed capacity, the first guaranteed capacity including, as a torque capacity guaranteed at the secondary pulley during the downshift, a cooperative regeneration capacity and a first braking capacity, wherein a torque input to the variator in association with a regeneration by the motor-generator is transmittable at the cooperative regeneration capacity, and a torque input to the variator in association with braking, when the braking is performed, is transmittable at the first guaranteed capacity, and
sets a target hydraulic pressure for the primary pressure on a basis of a second guaranteed capacity, the second guaranteed capacity including, as a torque capacity guaranteed at the primary pulley during the downshift, the cooperative regeneration capacity and a second braking capacity, wherein the second braking capacity is set lower than the first braking capacity.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the controller is configured to
set the second braking capacity lower than the first braking capacity during the downshift; and
when an actual pressure of the secondary pressure becomes less than a first guaranteed capacity pressure which generates the first guaranteed capacity upon setting the second braking capacity lower than the first braking capacity, increase an actual pressure of the primary pressure more than the actual pressure of the primary pressure at a time point when the actual pressure of the secondary pressure becomes less than the first guaranteed capacity pressure.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured such that
when the actual pressure of the secondary pressure becomes less than the first guaranteed capacity pressure which generates the first guaranteed capacity, the controller increases the actual pressure of the primary pressure to increase the second braking capacity up to the first braking capacity.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is configured to set the target hydraulic pressure for the secondary pressure with a value as a lower limit value, wherein the value is obtained by adding a predetermined value to a first guaranteed capacity pressure which generates the first guaranteed capacity.

5. A method for controlling a vehicle that includes a motor-generator and a variator to which a driving force from the motor-generator is transmitted, the variator including a primary pulley whose groove width is changed by controlling a primary pressure, a secondary pulley whose groove width is changed by controlling a secondary pressure, and a belt wound around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley, the method being configured to control the primary pressure and the secondary pressure, the method comprising:
when a downshift of the variator is performed without an acceleration request from a driver,
setting a target hydraulic pressure for the secondary pressure on a basis of a first guaranteed capacity, the first guaranteed capacity including, as a torque capacity guaranteed at the secondary pulley during the downshift, a cooperative regeneration capacity and a first braking capacity, wherein a torque input to the variator in association with a regeneration by the motor-generator is transmittable at the cooperative regeneration capacity, and a torque input to the variator in association with braking, when the braking is performed is transmittable at the first guaranteed capacity; and
setting a target hydraulic pressure for the primary pressure on a basis of a second guaranteed capacity, the second guaranteed capacity including, as a torque capacity guaranteed at the primary pulley during the downshift, the cooperative regeneration capacity and a second braking capacity, wherein the second braking capacity is set lower than the first braking capacity.

6. A vehicle comprising:
a motor-generator;
a variator to which a driving force from the motor-generator is transmitted, the variator including:
a primary pulley whose groove width is changed by controlling a primary pressure;
a secondary pulley whose groove width is changed by controlling a secondary pressure; and
a belt wound around the primary pulley and the secondary pulley; and

control means for controlling the primary pressure and the secondary pressure according to a target hydraulic pressure respectively, wherein
when a downshift of the variator is performed without an acceleration request from a driver,
the target hydraulic pressure for the secondary pressure is set on a basis of a first guaranteed capacity, the first guaranteed capacity including, as a torque capacity guaranteed at the secondary pulley during the downshift, a cooperative regeneration capacity and a first braking capacity, wherein a torque input to the variator in association with a regeneration by the motor-generator is transmittable at the cooperative regeneration capacity, and a torque input to the variator in association with braking, when the braking is performed, is transmittable at the first guaranteed capacity; and
the target hydraulic pressure for the primary pressure is set on a basis of a second guaranteed capacity, the second guaranteed capacity including, as a torque capacity guaranteed at the primary pulley during the downshift, the cooperative regeneration capacity and a second braking capacity, wherein the second braking capacity is set lower than the first braking capacity.

Assignees

• Jatco Ltd
• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Iwasa Hiroki
• Miyaishi Hironori
• Ryu Sungpil
• Izumi Tetsuya

Classifications

• F16H61/02

  characterised by the signals used · CPC title

• B60W10/101 Primary

  Infinitely variable gearings · CPC title

• B60W20/14

  in conjunction with braking regeneration · CPC title

• B60L7/14

  for vehicles propelled by AC motors · CPC title

• B60W10/08

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