Transmission control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876625-B2
Application number	US-201916430644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2019
Priority date	Jun 4, 2018
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A method for operating a transmission for a motor vehicle having an input shaft, a first shaft connectable to the input shaft via a first input clutch and a second shaft connectable to the input shaft via a second input clutch, a plurality of gearshift clutches, and an output shaft. Different gear ratios between the input and output shafts are implementable by selective engagement of the plurality of clutches. A first torque transmission path between the first and second shafts is engageable with a first friction-locking clutch and a second torque transmission path between the first and second shafts is engageable with a second friction-locking clutch. The method includes actuating, at least intermittently during a synchronization phase in an upshift process of the transmission, the first friction-locking clutch to transmit a first torque and the second friction-locking clutch to transmit a second torque.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating a transmission (G) for a motor vehicle, the transmission (G) comprising an input shaft (GW 1 ), a first shaft (W 1 ) connectable to the input shaft (GW 1 ) via a first input clutch (K 1 ), a second shaft (W 2 ) connectable to the input shaft (GW 1 ) via a second input clutch (K 2 ), a plurality of gearshift clutches (S 1 a , S 2 a , S 3 a , S 4 a , S 5 a ), and an output shaft (GW 2 ), wherein different gear ratios between the input shaft (GW 1 ) and the output shaft (GW 2 ) are implementable by selective engagement of the plurality of gearshift clutches (S 1 a , S 2 a , S 3 a , S 4 a , S 5 a ) and the first and second input clutches (K 1 , K 2 ), wherein a first torque transmission path (L 1 ) and a second torque transmission path (L 2 ) are provided between the first shaft (W 1 ) and the second shaft (W 2 ), the first torque transmission path is engageable with a first friction-locking clutch (Z 1 ) and the second torque transmission path (L 2 ) is engageable with a second friction-locking clutch (Z 2 ), the method comprising:
actuating, during a synchronization phase in an upshift process of the transmission (G), both of the first and second friction-locking clutches (Z 1 , Z 2 ), at least intermittently, in order to transmit a first torque (MZ 1 ) from the first friction-locking clutch (Z 1 ) and a second torque (MZ 2 ) from the second friction-locking clutch (Z 2 ).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein actuating the first and second friction-locking clutches (Z 1 , Z 2 ) comprises actuating the first and second friction-locking clutches (Z 1 , Z 2 ) such that a torque present at the output shaft (GW 2 ) is not influenced or is only slightly influenced by the actuation of the first and second friction-locking clutches (Z 1 , Z 2 ).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, at the beginning of the synchronization phase, the first and second friction-locking clutches (Z 1 , Z 2 ) are both actuated to transmit the respective first and second torques (MZ 1 , MZ 2 ).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein, at the beginning of the synchronization phase, only one of the first friction-locking clutch (Z 1 ) or the second friction-locking clutch (Z 2 ) is actuated to transmit the respective first or second torque.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein, upon reaching or falling below a defined differential speed of the first and second shafts (W 1 , W 2 ), the other of the first friction-locking clutch (Z 1 ) or the second friction-locking clutch (Z 2 ) is additionally actuated to transmit the respective first or second torque.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the respective first or second torque (MZ 1 , MZ 2 ) of the one friction-locking clutch (Z 1 , Z 2 ) actuated at the beginning of the synchronization phase is increased after the other friction-locking clutch (Z 1 , Z 2 ) is actuated in order to transmit the other of the respective first or second torque upon reaching or falling below the defined differential speed.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when the upshift process of the transmission (G) is an upshift in a coasting condition of the motor vehicle, the method further comprises actuating, during a synchronization phase in an upshift in a traction operation of the motor vehicle, only one of the first friction-locking clutch (Z 1 ) or the second friction-locking clutch (Z 2 ).

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is carried out depending on a current drive torque of the motor vehicle.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein, when the upshift process of the transmission (G) is an upshift in a coasting condition of the motor vehicle, the method further comprises actuating, during a synchronization phase in an upshift in a traction operation of the motor vehicle, only one of the first friction-locking clutch (Z 1 ) or the second friction-locking clutch (Z 2 ) when the current drive torque of the motor vehicle reaches or exceeds a limiting value.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is carried out depending on a current gear ratio of the motor vehicle transmission (G), a speed of the motor vehicle, or both the current gear ratio of the motor vehicle transmission (G) and the speed of the motor vehicle.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a drive torque of the motor vehicle is reduced during the synchronization phase.

12. A control unit (ECU) for a motor vehicle transmission (G), wherein the control unit (ECU) is configured to perform open-loop control of the method of claim 1 .

13. A motor vehicle transmission (G), comprising the control unit (ECU) of claim 12 for the open-loop control of the motor vehicle transmission (G).

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Wendzel Andreas
• Reisch Matthias
• Stoelcker Gregor

Classifications

• B60W10/06

  including control of combustion engines · CPC title

• F16H61/688 Primary

  with two inputs, e.g. selection of one of two torque-flow paths by clutches · CPC title

• F16H63/502

  for smoothing gear shifts · CPC title

• F16H59/46

  dependent on a comparison between speeds · CPC title

• B60W30/19

  Improvement of gear change, e.g. by synchronisation or smoothing gear shift · CPC title