Electric oil pump having temperature sensors on circuit board and transmission to execute energization prohibition control of pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11598340-B2
Application number	US-202017037694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2020
Priority date	Oct 10, 2019
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

A power supply controller includes a driver having a circuit board and controlling an operation of an electric oil pump, a control unit controlling power supply to the driver, a board temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the circuit board; and an oil temperature sensor detecting a temperature of a working oil of a transmission as an oil temperature. The control unit executes energization prohibition control for prohibiting power supply to the driver when the temperature of the circuit board detected by the board temperature sensor exceeds a predetermined first threshold temperature, and executes cancellation determination for determining whether to cancel the energization prohibition control based on the oil temperature detected by the oil temperature sensor during execution of the energization prohibition control.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply controller, controlling supply of electric power to an electric oil pump in a vehicle, which comprises a hydraulic transmission transmitting a driving force to a drive wheel, and the electric oil pump supplying an oil pressure to the hydraulic transmission, the power supply controller comprising:
an electric oil pump control part comprising a circuit board and controlling an operation of the electric oil pump;
control unit controlling power supply to the electric oil pump control part;
board temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the circuit board; and
oil temperature sensor provided in the hydraulic transmission and detecting a temperature of a working oil in the hydraulic transmission as an oil temperature,
wherein the control unit executes energization prohibition control for prohibiting power supply to the electric oil pump control part when the temperature of the circuit board detected by the board temperature sensor exceeds a predetermined first threshold temperature, and executes cancellation determination for determining whether to cancel the energization prohibition control based on the oil temperature detected by the oil temperature sensor during execution of the energization prohibition control,
wherein the control unit cancels the energization prohibition control when the oil temperature drops below a predetermined second threshold temperature lower than the first threshold temperature and an integrated value of a difference obtained by subtracting the oil temperature from the second threshold temperature exceeds a predetermined value in the cancellation determination.

2. The power supply controller according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage part storing whether the energization prohibition control has been executed in a state where power supply to the electric oil pump control part is stopped as energization prohibition control information,
wherein the control unit determines whether to execute the energization prohibition control based on the energization prohibition control information when power supply is restarted after power supply to the electric oil pump control part is stopped.

3. The power supply controller according to claim 2 , wherein an oil pressure supply device supplying the oil pressure to the hydraulic transmission is provided,
the oil pressure supply device comprises the electric oil pump and another oil pump provided on an upstream side of the electric oil pump, and
the electric oil pump further pressurizes an oil pressure supplied from the another oil pump and supplies the oil pressure to the hydraulic transmission.

4. The power supply controller according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit cancels the energization prohibition control regardless of the integrated value when the oil temperature drops below a predetermined third threshold temperature lower than the second threshold temperature in the cancellation determination.

5. The power supply controller according to claim 4 , wherein an oil pressure supply device supplying the oil pressure to the hydraulic transmission is provided,
the oil pressure supply device comprises the electric oil pump and another oil pump provided on an upstream side of the electric oil pump, and the electric oil pump further pressurizes an oil pressure supplied from the another oil pump and supplies the oil pressure to the hydraulic transmission.

6. The power supply controller according to claim 1 , wherein an oil pressure supply device supplying the oil pressure to the hydraulic transmission is provided,
the oil pressure supply device comprises the electric oil pump and another oil pump provided on an upstream side of the electric oil pump, and
the electric oil pump further pressurizes an oil pressure supplied from the another oil pump and supplies the oil pressure to the hydraulic transmission.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Harada Masamichi

Classifications

• F04D29/5806

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• F04D13/02

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• F16H2061/1224

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