Hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid-driven vehicle and method for same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11453386-B2
Application number	US-201916977215-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2019
Priority date	Mar 7, 2018
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

A hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid-driven vehicle, having an internal combustion engine which outputs to vehicle wheels via a load path, in which a dual-mass flywheel is connected, which has flywheel masses elastically coupled via spring assemblies, and at least one electric machine, which can be coupled with respect to drive into the load path via an automatic transmission, wherein a drive torque (MBKM) from the internal combustion engine and a drive torque (MEM) from the electric machine can be added together with power addition in the automatic transmission to form a total drive torque, using which the vehicle wheels are drivable, and wherein an electronic control unit, on the basis of driving mode parameters and/or a driver intention, controls and engine controller of the internal combustion engine and/or power electronics of the electric machine using target torque specifications.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid-driven vehicle, comprising:
an internal combustion engine which outputs to vehicle wheels via a load path, in which a dual-mass flywheel is connected, which has flywheel masses elastically coupled via spring assemblies, and an electric machine, which can be coupled with respect to drive into the load path via an automatic transmission, wherein a drive torque from the internal combustion engine and a drive torque from the electric machine can be added together with power addition in the automatic transmission to form a total drive torque, by which the vehicle wheels are drivable, and wherein an electronic control unit, on the basis of driving mode parameters and a driver intention, activates an engine controller of the internal combustion engine and/or power electronics of the electric machine using target torque specifications, and wherein the drivetrain has an evaluation unit, which recognizes the presence of a DMF jam causing increased rotational irregularity, in which the spring assemblies of the dual-mass flywheel are jammed in the compressed state, and the evaluation unit generates an engine intervention signal upon the presence of a DMF jam, by which the engine controller controls the internal combustion engine using a torque surge to release the DMF jam, wherein the evaluation unit is associated with a compensation unit, which generates a compensation signal on the basis of the torque surge, by means of which the electric machine is activatable using a compensation torque, which compensates for the torque surge.

2. The hybrid drivetrain as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the compensation torque from the electric machine counteracts the torque surge from the internal combustion engine in such a way that the torque surge remains without influence on the total output torque output on the vehicle wheels, i.e., the torque surge takes place in a power-neutral manner.

3. The hybrid drivetrain as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the torque surge initiated by the evaluation unit is a sudden, short-term torque increase and the counteracting compensation torque is a sudden, short-term torque reduction.

4. The hybrid drivetrain as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the torque surge initiated by the evaluation unit is a sudden, short-term torque reduction and the counteracting compensation torque is a sudden, short-term torque increase.

5. The hybrid drivetrain as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the torque surge initiated by the evaluation unit is a sudden, short-term torque increase and the counteracting compensation torque is a sudden, short-term torque reduction.

6. The hybrid drivetrain as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the torque surge initiated by the evaluation unit is a sudden, short-term torque reduction and the counteracting compensation torque is a sudden, short-term torque increase.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Brycki Jan
• Perbandt Thomas

Classifications

• B60W2030/206

  related or induced by the engine · CPC title

• B60W20/50 Primary

  Control strategies for responding to system failures, e.g. for fault diagnosis, failsafe operation or limp mode · CPC title

• B60Y2400/48

  Vibration dampers, e.g. dual mass flywheels · CPC title

• B60Y2300/58

  Engine torque vibration dampers, e.g. flywheels, dual-mass-springs · CPC title

• F16F15/133

  using springs as elastic members, e.g. metallic springs · CPC title