Control device and control method for dual clutch transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10738840-B2
Application number	US-201716081889-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2017
Priority date	Mar 1, 2016
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure includes: a creep control unit configured to perform a creep control including bringing one of a first clutch and a second clutch into a half-clutch state and bringing the other into a disengaged state, so as to transmit a predetermined torque from a drive source to a transmission mechanism via a clutch device; and a clutch switching control unit configured to, when a vehicle stops during the performing of the creep control, perform a clutch switching control including, on the basis of the heat-generating state of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state from the stop of the vehicle, switching the one clutch from the half-clutch state to the disengaged state and switching the other clutch from the disengaged state to the half-clutch state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for a dual clutch transmission that is provided with a clutch device including a first clutch and a second clutch between a drive source and a transmission mechanism and is configured to switch a torque transmission path from the transmission mechanism to a vehicle drive system into two lines, the control device comprising a controller configured to:
perform a creep control comprising bringing one of the first clutch and the second clutch into a half-clutch state and bringing the other of the first clutch and the second clutch into a disengaged state, so as to transmit a predetermined torque from the drive source to the transmission mechanism via the clutch device; and
when a vehicle stops during the performing of the creep control, perform a clutch switching control comprising, on the basis of a heat-generating state of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state from the stop of the vehicle, switching the one clutch from the half-clutch state to the disengaged state and switching the other clutch from the disengaged state to the half-clutch state.

2. The control device for a dual clutch transmission according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
detect a temperature of the first clutch; and
detect a temperature of the second clutch, and

wherein when the vehicle stops during the performing of the creep control, the controller performs the clutch switching control when a temperature of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state reaches a predetermined threshold, the temperature of the one clutch being detected by the controller from the stop of the vehicle.

3. The control device for a dual clutch transmission according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the vehicle stops during the performing of the creep control, the controller performs the clutch switching control when a half-clutch duration time of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state reaches a predetermined threshold from the stop of the vehicle.

4. The control device for a dual clutch transmission according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the vehicle stops during the performing of the creep control, the controller performs the clutch switching control when absorbed energy of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state reaches a predetermined threshold from the stop of the vehicle.

5. The control device for a dual clutch transmission according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
perform a transmission torque control in which a half-clutch engagement rate of the other clutch that is switched to the half-clutch state by the clutch switching control is adjusted so as to set the transmission torque from the drive source to the vehicle drive system to be constant before and after the clutch switching control.

6. A control method for a dual clutch transmission that is provided with a clutch device including a first clutch and a second clutch between a drive source and a transmission mechanism and is configured to switch a torque transmission path from the transmission mechanism to a vehicle drive system into two lines, the control method comprising:
performing a clutch switching control comprising, when a vehicle stops during performing of a creep control comprising bringing one of the first clutch and the second clutch into a half-clutch state and bringing the other of the first clutch and the second clutch into a disengaged state so as to transmit a predetermined torque from the drive source to the transmission mechanism via the clutch device, on the basis of a heat-generating state of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state from the stop of the vehicle, switching the one clutch from the half-clutch state to the disengaged state and switching the other clutch from the disengaged state to the half-clutch state.

7. The control method for a dual clutch transmission according to claim 6 ,
wherein when the vehicle stops during the performing of the creep control, the clutch switching control is performed when a temperature of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state reaches a predetermined threshold from the stop of the vehicle.

8. The control method for a dual clutch transmission according to claim 6 ,
wherein when the vehicle stops during the performing of the creep control, the clutch switching control is performed when a half-clutch duration time of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state reaches a predetermined threshold from the stop of the vehicle.

9. The control method for a dual clutch transmission according to claim 6 ,
wherein when the vehicle stops during the performing of the creep control, the clutch switching control is performed when absorbed energy of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state reaches a predetermined threshold from the stop of the vehicle.

10. The control method for a dual clutch transmission according to claim 6 , further comprising:
performing a transmission torque control in which a half-clutch engagement rate of the other clutch that is switched to the half-clutch state by the clutch switching control is adjusted so as to set the transmission torque from the drive source to the vehicle drive system to be constant before and after the clutch switching control.

11. A control device for a dual clutch transmission that is provided with a clutch device including a first clutch and a second clutch between a drive source and a transmission mechanism and is configured to switch a torque transmission path from the transmission mechanism to a vehicle drive system into two lines, the control device comprising:
a first control means configured to perform a creep control comprising bringing one of the first clutch and the second clutch into a half-clutch state and bringing the other of the first clutch and the second clutch into a disengaged state, so as to transmit a predetermined torque from the drive source to the transmission mechanism via the clutch device; and
a second control means configured to, when a vehicle stops during the performing of the creep control, perform a clutch switching control comprising, on the basis of a heat-generating state of the one clutch that is maintained in the half-clutch state from the stop of the vehicle, switching the one clutch from the half-clutch state to the disengaged state and switching the other clutch from the disengaged state to the half-clutch state.

Assignees

• Isuzu Motors Ltd

Inventors

• Terashima Koji

Classifications

• F16D48/06 Primary

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