Heat load estimation device and heat load estimation method for friction engaging element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11519495-B2
Application number	US-202117340153-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2021
Priority date	Aug 6, 2020
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A heat load estimation device for a friction engaging element that estimates a heat load when at least one of a temperature, a heat generation amount, and presence or absence of seizure in the friction engaging element at a time of shifting of the transmission is regarded as the heat load, includes a storage device and an execution device. The storage device stores mapping data defining mapping. The mapping includes, as an input variable, a speed variable that is a variable indicating a relative rotation speed of members of the friction engaging element and a hydraulic pressure variable that is a variable indicating hydraulic pressure during the shifting of the transmission, and includes, as an output variable, the heat load. The execution device executes a calculation process for calculating a value of the output variable and a change process for changing an execution mode of the calculation process.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat load estimation device for a friction engaging element that is applied to a vehicle provided with a transmission including the friction engaging element that operates with hydraulic pressure, and that is configured to estimate a heat load when at least one of a temperature, a heat generation amount, and presence or absence of seizure in the friction engaging element at a time of shifting of the transmission is regarded as the heat load, the heat load estimation device comprising:
a storage device comprising a memory and configured to store mapping data defining mapping, the mapping including, as an input variable, a speed variable that is a variable indicating a relative rotation speed of members of the friction engaging element that rotate relative to each other during the shifting of the transmission and a hydraulic pressure variable that is a variable indicating the hydraulic pressure supplied to the friction engaging element during the shifting of the transmission, and including, as an output variable, the heat load; and
a processor programmed to function as an execution device configured to execute a calculation process for calculating a value of the output variable by acquiring a value of the input variable and inputting the value to the mapping, and a change process for changing an execution mode of the calculation process during the shifting of the transmission, wherein:
the execution device is configured to prohibit input of the input variable to the mapping from a start of supply of the hydraulic pressure to the friction engaging element to a start of a torque phase in the transmission as the change process; and
the execution device is configured to execute a process of inputting the input variable to the mapping after the start of the torque phase.

2. The heat load estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a period from a start of a torque phase to a completion of the shifting in the transmission is divided into a plurality of predetermined periods;
the storage device is configured to store a plurality of the mapping data each defining the different mapping in accordance with the period; and
the execution device is configured to execute, as the change process, a process of selecting the mapping data in accordance with the period when the calculation process is executed.

3. The heat load estimation device according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of the periods include at least one of a first period, a second period, a third period, and a fourth period, the first period being a period from the start of the torque phase to a closing of a pack clearance of the friction engaging element in the transmission, the second period being a period from the closing of the pack clearance of the friction engaging element to a start of an inertia phase in the transmission, the third period being a period from the start of the inertia phase until a differential value of a rotation speed of an input shaft of the transmission becomes equal to or smaller than a specified value, and the fourth period being a period after the differential value of the rotation speed of the input shaft becomes equal to or smaller than the specified value and until the rotation speed of the input shaft reaches a synchronous rotation speed after the shifting is completed.

4. The heat load estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the input variable includes an oil temperature variable that is a variable indicating a temperature (Toil) of a hydraulic oil supplied to the friction engaging element.

5. The heat load estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the hydraulic pressure supplied to the friction engaging element is changed such that the higher an output torque of a prime mover of the vehicle, the higher the hydraulic pressure, and the input variable includes a torque variable that is a variable that indicates the output torque.

6. The heat load estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the transmission includes a plurality of the friction engaging elements; and
the input variable includes a shifting variable indicating the friction engaging elements that are engaged at the time of the shifting.

7. A heat load estimation method for a friction engaging element that is applied to a vehicle provided with a transmission including the friction engaging element that operates with hydraulic pressure, and that estimates a heat load when at least one of a temperature, a heat generation amount, and presence or absence of seizure in the friction engaging element at a time of shifting of the transmission is regarded as the heat load, the heat load estimation method comprising:
storing mapping data defining mapping, the mapping including, as an input variable, a speed variable that is a variable indicating a relative rotation speed of members of the friction engaging element that rotate relative to each other during the shifting of the transmission and a hydraulic pressure variable that is a variable indicating the hydraulic pressure supplied to the friction engaging element during the shifting of the transmission, and including, as an output variable, the heat load;
executing a calculation process for calculating a value of the output variable by acquiring a value of the input variable and inputting the value to the mapping;
executing a change process for changing a mode of the calculation process during the shifting of the transmission;
prohibiting input of the input variable to the mapping from a start of supply of the hydraulic pressure to the friction engaging element to a start of a torque phase in the transmission as the change process; and
executing a process of inputting the input variable to the mapping after the start of the torque phase.

8. A heat load estimation device for a friction engaging element that is applied to a vehicle provided with a transmission including the friction engaging element that operates with hydraulic pressure, and that is configured to estimate a heat load when at least one of a temperature, a heat generation amount, and presence or absence of seizure in the friction engaging element at a time of shifting of the transmission is regarded as the heat load, the heat load estimation device comprising:
a storage device comprising a memory and configured to store mapping data defining mapping, the mapping including, as an input variable, a speed variable that is a variable indicating a relative rotation speed of members of the friction engaging element that rotate relative to each other during the shifting of the transmission and a hydraulic pressure variable that is a variable indicating the hydraulic pressure supplied to the friction engaging element during the shifting of the transmission, and including, as an output variable, the heat load; and
a processor programmed to function as an execution device configured to execute a calculation process for calculating a value of the output variable by acquiring a value of the input variable and inputting the value to the mapping, and a change process for changing an execution mode of the calculation process during the shifting of the transmission, wherein:
a period from a start of a torque phase to a completion of the shifting in the transmission is divided into a plurality of predetermined periods;
the storage device is configured to store a plurality of the mapping data each defining the different mapping in accordance with the period; and
the execution device is configured to execute, as the change process, a process of selecting the mapping data in accordance with the period when the calculation process is executed.

9. The heat load estimation device according to claim 8 , wherein a plurality of the periods include at least one

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujii Kota
• Tabata Atsushi
• Okuda Koichi
• Imamura Ken
• Bunazawa Hideaki
• Sasaki Keita

Classifications

• F16H59/72 Primary

  dependent on oil characteristics, e.g. temperature, viscosity · CPC title

• F16H61/30

  Hydraulic {or pneumatic} motors {or related fluid control means} therefor · CPC title

• F16H2061/0096

  using a parameter map · CPC title

• F16H2200/0043

  the gear ratios comprising four forward speeds · CPC title

• F16H2200/2066

  using one freewheel mechanism · CPC title