Driving force transmission device and control method for driving force transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11168751-B2
Application number	US-202016952583-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2020
Priority date	Nov 29, 2019
Publication date	Nov 9, 2021
Grant date	Nov 9, 2021

Abstract

A driving force transmission device includes an input rotation member, an output rotation member, a multiple-disc clutch, a pressing mechanism, and a control device including a current supply circuit. The control device is configured to compute a torque command value, to compute a current command value, to correct the current command value, and to control the current supply circuit such that an electric current depending on the current command value is supplied to the pressing mechanism. The control device is configure to correct the current command value by a correction amount in a constant-torque state after the torque command value changes, the constant-torque state being a state where a change rate of the torque command value is in a predetermined range, the correction amount depending on a duration of the constant-torque state.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A driving force transmission device comprising:
an input rotation member and an output rotation member that are able to perform relative rotation coaxially;
a multiple-disc clutch that includes a plurality of clutch plates among which frictional sliding is lubricated by a lubricant;
a pressing mechanism that is configured to press the multiple-disc clutch at a pressing force depending on an electric current that is supplied; and
a control device that includes a current supply circuit configured to supply the electric current to the pressing mechanism, wherein:
the output rotation member is configured such that a driving force of a vehicle is transmitted from the input rotation member to the output rotation member by the multiple-disc clutch;
the control device is configured to compute a torque command value based on a vehicle state, the torque command value being a driving force that needs to be transmitted by the multiple-disc clutch, is configured to compute a current command value corresponding to the torque command value, is configured to correct the current command value, and is configured to control the current supply circuit such that the electric current depending on the current command value corrected by the control device is supplied to the pressing mechanism; and
the control device is configured to correct the current command value by a correction amount in a constant-torque state after the torque command value changes, the constant-torque state being a state where a change rate of the torque command value is in a predetermined range, the correction amount depending on a duration of the constant-torque state.

2. The driving force transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to correct the current command value so as to gradually decrease the current command value by the correction amount depending on the duration of the constant-torque state, in the constant-torque state after the torque command value increases.

3. The driving force transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to correct the current command value so as to gradually increase the current command value by the correction amount depending on the duration of the constant-torque state, in the constant torque state after the torque command value decreases.

4. The driving force transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to start the correction of the current command value after a predetermined time elapses from start of the constant-torque state.

5. The driving force transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein the control device is configured to set the predetermined time depending on the change rate of the torque command value before the constant-torque state.

6. A control method for a driving force transmission device, the driving force transmission device including: an input rotation member and an output rotation member that are able to perform relative rotation coaxially; a multiple-disc clutch that includes a plurality of clutch plates among which frictional sliding is lubricated by a lubricant; a pressing mechanism that presses the multiple-disc clutch at a pressing three depending on an electric current that is supplied, and a control device, the driving force transmission device transmitting a driving force of a vehicle from the input rotation member to the output rotation member by the multiple-disc clutch,
the control method comprising:
computing, with the control device, a torque command value based on a vehicle state, the torque command value being a driving force that needs to be transmitted by the multiple-disc clutch;
computing, with the control device, a current command value corresponding to the torque command value;
correcting, with the control device, the current command value by a correction amount in a constant-torque state after the torque command value changes, the constant-torque state being a state where a change Tate of the torque command value is in a predetermined range, the correction amount depending on a duration of the constant-torque state; and
supplying, with the control device, the electric current depending on the corrected current command value, to the pressing mechanism.

Assignees

• Jtekt Corp

Inventors

• Oda Ichiro
• Nagayama Go
• Ono Tomonori
• Kouzai Takashi

Classifications

• B60K23/0808

  for varying torque distribution between driven axles, e.g. by transfer clutch · CPC title

• F16D13/52 Primary

  Clutches with multiple lamellae {; Clutches in which three or more axially moveable members are fixed alternately to the shafts to be coupled and are pressed from one side towards an axially-located member (F16D13/385 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F16D2500/3166

  Detection of an elapsed period of time · CPC title

• F16D2500/3027

  Torque · CPC title

• F16D2500/70418

  Current · CPC title