Hybrid vehicle and method of diagnosing abnormal condition of hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11514730-B2
Application number	US-202016797694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2020
Priority date	Mar 14, 2019
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

In a hybrid vehicle, each of an engine and an MG 1 is mechanically coupled to a drive wheel with a planetary gear being interposed. The planetary gear and an MG 2 are configured such that motive power output from the planetary gear and motive power output from the MG 2 are transmitted to the drive wheel as being combined. A controller makes WGV diagnosis for diagnosing whether or not a waste gate valve is normally controllable by issuing an instruction to a WGV actuator while the controller stops combustion in the engine and controls the MG 1 and the MG 2 in coordination to perform motoring of the engine during traveling of the hybrid vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hybrid vehicle comprising:
a drive wheel;
a planetary gear;
an engine, a first motor generator, and a second motor generator mechanically coupled to the drive wheel; and
a controller that controls the engine, the first motor generator, and the second motor generator,
the engine including
an engine main body where combustion is performed,
an intake air passage and an exhaust passage connected to the engine main body,
a turbocharger,
a bypass passage connected to the exhaust passage,
a waste gate valve provided in the bypass passage, and
a WGV actuator that drives the waste gate valve,

the turbocharger including
a compressor provided in the intake air passage, and
a turbine provided in the exhaust passage, the compressor and the turbine being rotated together,

the bypass passage allowing exhaust to flow as bypassing the turbine,
each of the engine and the first motor generator being mechanically coupled to the drive wheel with the planetary gear being interposed,
the planetary gear and the second motor generator being configured such that motive power output from the planetary gear and motive power output from the second motor generator are transmitted to the drive wheel as being combined, wherein
the controller makes WGV diagnosis for diagnosing whether the waste gate valve is normally controllable by issuing an instruction to the WGV actuator while the controller stops the combustion in the engine and controls the first motor generator and the second motor generator in coordination to perform motoring of the engine by the first motor generator and the second motor generator during traveling of the hybrid vehicle,
when an abnormal condition is determined by the WGV diagnosis during traveling of the hybrid vehicle, the controller records information indicating that the abnormal condition was determined by the WGV diagnosis,
while the WGV diagnosis is being made, the controller controls the second motor generator to generate traveling torque for traveling of the hybrid vehicle and controls the first motor generator to generate adjustment torque for maintaining a rotation speed of the engine constant, and
in the WGV diagnosis, the controller diagnoses whether the waste gate valve has operated as instructed, based on a behavior of the adjustment torque at time of issuance of the instruction to the WGV actuator.

2. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller includes a processor and a storage in which a diagnosis program and priority for each type of diagnosis are stored,
the processor makes a plurality of types of diagnosis in accordance with the priority by executing the diagnosis program,
the plurality of types of diagnosis include the WGV diagnosis and MG diagnosis, the MG diagnosis being diagnosis as to whether the first motor generator and the second motor generator are normally controllable, and
the WGV diagnosis is higher in priority than the MG diagnosis.

3. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
when the controller makes the plurality of types of diagnosis and diagnoses the hybrid vehicle as being in an abnormal condition, the controller causes the storage to record a diagnostic trouble code representing a location of a failure and details of the failure, and when a function to diagnose a diagnosis item is normally performed, the controller causes the storage to record a readiness code corresponding to the diagnosis item, the readiness code representing whether or not a function to diagnose each diagnosis item is appropriately performed.

4. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the WGV actuator includes a diaphragm, a negative pressure regulation valve, and a negative pressure pump,
the diaphragm is coupled to the waste gate valve and the waste gate valve is driven by a negative pressure introduced into the diaphragm,
the negative pressure pump is connected to the diaphragm with the negative pressure regulation valve being interposed between the diaphragm and the negative pressure pump and the negative pressure pump generates the negative pressure, and
the negative pressure regulation valve is configured to regulate magnitude of the negative pressure applied to the diaphragm.

5. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when no abnormal condition is determined by the WGV diagnosis, the controller determines whether or not the WGV diagnosis has been aborted, and
when the WGV diagnosis has been quitted without being aborted, the controller records information indicating that WGV diagnosis was appropriately made.

6. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the planetary gear includes
a sun gear coupled to the first motor generator,
a ring gear coupled to the drive wheel, and
a carrier coupled to the engine, and
the planetary gear is configured to transmit torque output from the engine by dividing torque into torque to the sun gear and torque to the ring gear.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yonezawa Koichi
• Yoshizaki Satoshi
• Maeda Osamu
• Ando Daigo
• Asami Yoshikazu
• Itagaki Kenji
• Oyama Shunsuke
• Muta Koichiro

Classifications

• F02B37/183 Primary

  Arrangements of bypass valves or actuators therefor · CPC title

• G07C2205/02

  using a vehicle scan tool · CPC title

• B60Y2400/435

  Supercharger or turbochargers · CPC title

• F02D41/22 Primary

  Safety or indicating devices for abnormal conditions {(in air/fuel ratio feedback systems F02D41/1495, in electric control linkage F02D11/107, in purge control systems F02M25/0809)} · CPC title

• B60K6/445

  Differential gearing distribution type · CPC title