Method for operating an onboard network of a hybrid motor vehicle and hybrid motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11072323-B2
Application number	US-201916237920-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 2, 2019
Priority date	Feb 26, 2018
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

A method for operating an onboard network of a hybrid motor vehicle. The onboard network is connected to an energy storage unit, especially a battery; an electric motor of a hybrid drive train, which also has an internal combustion engine; and actuators of an electromechanical chassis system that can be operated as generators. At least one reserve capacity of the energy storage unit is kept open for the supplying of electrical energy generated by at least one portion of the actuators to the onboard network. The reserve capacity being held open is dynamically adapted as a function of at least one item of driver style information describing the driving style of the driver of the hybrid motor vehicle and/or at least one item of situation information describing the current and/or future operation of the hybrid motor vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating an onboard network of a hybrid motor vehicle,
wherein the onboard network is connected to an energy storage unit, especially a battery; an electric motor of a hybrid drive train, which also has an internal combustion engine; and actuators of an electromechanical chassis system that can be operated as generators,
wherein the actuators of the electromechanical chassis system that can be operated as generators are provided to adjust a body of the hybrid motor vehicle with respect to at least one wheel,
wherein at least one reserve capacity of the energy storage unit is kept open for receiving electrical energy generated by at least one portion of the actuators to the onboard network so that the at least one portion of the actuators do not over-charge the energy storage unit when generating electrical energy,
wherein the reserve capacity being held open is dynamically adapted as a function of at least one item of driver style information describing the driving style of the driver of the hybrid motor vehicle, a user-controlled adjustable operating parameter of the electromechanical chassis system, and at least one item of situation information describing the current and/or future operation of the hybrid motor vehicle,
wherein, in order to decrease a state of charge of the energy storage unit and correspondingly increase the at least one reserve capacity, energy is output from the energy storage unit by way of a DC voltage converter to a low-voltage battery provided on a low-voltage network of the hybrid motor vehicle,
wherein the at least one item of situation information comprises a roadway quality which describes an expected amount of energy convertible by the electromechanical chassis system and which is determined from environmental information captured by a sensor of the hybrid motor vehicle.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein capacity of the energy storage unit that is freed up by decreasing the reserve capacity is provided to the electric motor.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the situation information used is a road class and/or nature of the roadway of the current and/or future road that is driven on.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the road classes used are a city traffic class and/or a highway class and/or a curving country road class and/or a less curving country road class and/or an offroad class, and/or the road class is provided by a navigation system of the hybrid motor vehicle.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the situation information is a predictive power feedback demand for the future that is determined as a function of route information describing a future route of the hybrid motor vehicle and provided in particular by a navigation system of the hybrid motor vehicle especially taking into account road classes and/or the nature of roadways along the route.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a reserve capacity curve along the route describing the future reserve capacities is determined as a function of the predictive power feedback demand.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein a predictive state of charge of the energy storage unit and/or a recuperation potential of the electric motor along the route is also determined and taken into account when determining the reserve capacity to be kept open.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the predictive power feedback demand is also taken into account during an advanced planning of the operation of the hybrid drive train as a function of the recuperation potential of the electric motor along the route.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the driving style information describes the driving style of a current driver in regard to vehicle body movements of the hybrid motor vehicle.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a decreasing of the state of charge of the energy storage unit is also brought about when there exists a high recuperation potential on the part of the electric motor.

11. A hybrid motor vehicle, comprising:
an onboard network, which is connected to an energy storage unit, especially a battery;
an electric motor of a hybrid drive train, which also has an internal combustion engine; and
actuators of an electromechanical chassis system that can be operated as generators, wherein the onboard network is associated with an energy management controller of the hybrid motor vehicle, which is designed to carry out a method as claimed in claim 1 .

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a camera of the hybrid motor vehicle.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Lassenberger Stephan

Classifications

• B60W2552/20

  Road profile, i.e. the change in elevation or curvature of a plurality of continuous road segments · CPC title

• B60W10/08

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

• B60W40/09

  Driving style or behaviour · CPC title

• B60W20/13

  in order to stay within battery power input or output limits; in order to prevent overcharging or battery depletion · CPC title

• B60W2540/215

  Selection or confirmation of options · CPC title