Motor control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10808798-B2
Application number	US-201916532793-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2019
Priority date	Aug 13, 2018
Publication date	Oct 20, 2020
Grant date	Oct 20, 2020

Abstract

A motor control device of a vehicle including an engine and a motor generator, a transmission transmitting an engine torque and/or a motor torque to a wheel, and a damper reducing vibration of a crankshaft of the engine includes: a damper torque calculation unit calculating a damper torque generated by the damper according to fluctuation in engine torque based on a difference between a crank angle and a motor angle; a reverse-phase torque calculation unit calculating a reverse-phase torque with a reverse phase to the damper torque; a correction amount calculation unit calculating a first value calculated at least based on the crank angle and the motor angle; and a motor torque command output unit outputting a motor torque command given to the motor generator based on the reverse-phase torque corrected by the correction amount.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor control device of a vehicle including an engine and a motor generator as power sources, a transmission configured to transmit a driving torque based on at least one of an engine torque of a crankshaft of the engine and a motor torque of a motor shaft of the motor generator to a wheel at a selected gear ratio, and a damper configured to reduce vibration of the crankshaft by an elastic member and a friction material, the motor control device comprising:
a damper torque calculation unit configured to calculate a damper torque including a torsional torque and a hysteresis torque generated by the damper according to fluctuation in engine torque based on a difference between a crank angle as a rotation angle of the crankshaft and a motor angle as a rotation angle of the motor shaft;
a reverse-phase torque calculation unit configured to calculate a reverse-phase torque with a reverse phase to the damper torque based on the damper torque;
a correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a first value corresponding to a phase shift of the motor torque generated due to the hysteresis torque, which is calculated at least based on the crank angle and the motor angle as a correction amount of the phase of the reverse-phase torque; and
a motor torque command output unit configured to output a motor torque command given to the motor generator based on the reverse-phase torque whose phase is corrected by the correction amount.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the motor torque command output unit outputs the motor torque command when a clutch installed between the engine and the transmission is in a connection state where the crankshaft of the engine and an input shaft of the transmission are connected, and outputs the motor torque command that makes the motor torque zero when the clutch is in a disconnection state where the connection of the crankshaft and the input shaft is disconnected.

3. The motor control device according to claim 2 , wherein the motor torque command output unit outputs the motor torque command that makes the motor torque zero when an acceleration operation of accelerating the vehicle is not performed even when the clutch is in the connection state.

4. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the correction amount calculation unit calculates the first value based on a difference between a second value corresponding to a phase difference between the crank angle and the motor angle estimated when it is assumed that the hysteresis torque is not generated, and a third value corresponding to a phase difference between vibration components of the crank angle and the motor angle corresponding to a primary frequency of explosion of the engine.

5. The motor control device according to claim 4 , wherein the correction amount calculation unit acquires the second value based on the number of revolutions of the engine and a shift stage of the transmission.

6. The motor control device according to claim 5 , wherein the correction amount calculation unit acquires the second value further based on a temperature of an oil of the engine and a temperature of an oil of the transmission.

7. The motor control device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a first map representing a relationship among the number of revolutions of the engine, the shift stage of the transmission, and a fourth value that serves as a basis of calculation of the second value; and
a second map representing a relationship among the temperature of the oil of the engine, the temperature of the oil of the transmission, and a first correction coefficient by which the fourth value is multiplied,
wherein the correction amount calculation unit calculates the second value by multiplying the fourth value acquired by referring to the first map based on the number of revolutions of the engine and the shift stage of the transmission by the first correction coefficient acquired by referring to the second map based on the temperature of the oil of the engine and the temperature of the oil of the transmission.

8. The motor control device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a third map representing a relationship between a torsion angle of the damper and a characteristic torque characteristically generated by the friction material of the damper,
wherein the correction amount calculation unit calculates the first value based on the characteristic torque acquired by referring to the third map based on the torsion angle as the difference between the crank angle and the motor angle.

9. The motor control device according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a fourth map representing a relationship between a sliding distance of the friction material of the damper and a second correction coefficient by which the characteristic torque is multiplied,
wherein the correction amount calculation unit calculates the first value based on the hysteresis torque calculated by multiplying the characteristic torque by the second correction coefficient acquired by referring to the fourth map based on the sliding distance calculated by the torsion angle and a radius of the damper.

10. The motor control device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a fifth map representing a relationship between the hysteresis torque and the first value,
wherein the correction amount calculation unit calculates the first value by referring to the fifth map based on the hysteresis torque.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Mizuguchi Hirotaka
• Kokubo Satoshi

Classifications

• Y02T10/62

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• B60L15/20

  for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed · CPC title

• B60K6/38

  characterised by the driveline clutches (shift clutches within the gearing or transmission B60K6/36) · CPC title

• B60W2510/0208

  Clutch engagement state, e.g. engaged or disengaged · CPC title

• B60W30/188

  Controlling power parameters of the driveline, e.g. determining the required power · CPC title