Control apparatus of power transmission system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11618437-B2
Application number	US-202017062780-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2020
Priority date	Dec 12, 2019
Publication date	Apr 4, 2023
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023

Abstract

A control apparatus of a power transmission system for a vehicle calculates estimated driving force while taking account of inertia loss torque and a transmission efficiency, during execution of automatic parking control for automatically parking the vehicle at a target parking position. During execution of automatic parking control, the control apparatus sets a traveling mode to a gear traveling mode in which power is transmitted via a gear mechanism, or sets the traveling mode to a belt traveling mode in which power is transmitted via a stepless speed change mechanism, and fixes the speed ratio of the stepless speed change mechanism to the lowest-side speed ratio.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control apparatus of a power transmission system for a vehicle, the power transmission system having a first power transmission path and a second power transmission path which are provided in parallel with each other between an input rotary member to which power of a power source is transmitted, and an output rotary member that delivers the power to drive wheels, and are respectively adapted to permit the power to be transmitted from the input rotary member to the output rotary member, the first power transmission path being formed through engagement of a hydraulic first friction engagement device, and including a stepped change gear mechanism having at least one fixed speed ratio, the second power transmission path being formed through engagement of a hydraulic second friction engagement device, and including a stepless speed change mechanism of which a speed ratio is variable, the speed ratio of the stepless speed change mechanism being on a higher side than that of the first power transmission path, the control apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to
calculate an estimated value of driving force at the drive wheels, through predetermined driving force computation based on a speed ratio of the power transmission system;
set a target parking position, and execute automatic parking control for automatically parking the vehicle at the target parking position, using the estimated value of the driving force; and
switch a traveling mode between a first traveling mode that permits the vehicle to travel with the power transmitted via the first power transmission path, and a second traveling mode that permits the vehicle to travel with the power transmitted via the second power transmission path, based on traveling conditions of the vehicle, wherein
during execution of the automatic parking control, the processor is configured to calculate the estimated value of the driving force, while taking account of an inertia loss that appears in the power transmission system and a transmission efficiency of the power transmission system, and
during execution of the automatic parking control, the processor is configured to set the traveling mode to the first traveling mode, or set the traveling mode to the second traveling mode and fix the speed ratio of the stepless speed change mechanism to a predetermined low-vehicle-speed side speed ratio.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processor is configured to switch the traveling mode between the first traveling mode and the second traveling mode, through clutch to clutch shifting to release one of the first friction engagement device and the second friction engagement device and engage the other of the first friction engagement device and the second friction engagement device, the processor being configured to restrict the clutch to clutch shifting, when a temperature of a hydraulic oil for switching an operating state of each of the first friction engagement device and the second friction engagement device is lower than a predetermined oil temperature; and
during execution of the automatic parking control, the processor is configured to set the traveling mode to the second traveling mode and fix the speed ratio of the stepless speed change mechanism to the predetermined low-vehicle-speed side speed ratio, when the temperature of the hydraulic oil is lower than the predetermined oil temperature, and is configured to set the traveling mode to the first traveling mode, when the temperature of the hydraulic oil is equal to or higher than the predetermined oil temperature.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, during execution of the automatic parking control, the processor is configured not to perform switching between the first traveling mode and the second traveling mode according to the temperature of the hydraulic oil while the vehicle is traveling, and is configured to perform switching between the first traveling mode and the second traveling mode according to the temperature of the hydraulic oil, when the vehicle is temporarily stopped.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to calculate the estimated value of the driving force, without taking account of the inertia loss and the transmission efficiency, while the automatic parking control is not being executed.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processor is configured to calculate required power source torque required of the power source, through predetermined torque computation based on the speed ratio of the power transmission system; and
the processor is configured to calculate the required power source torque, while taking account of the inertia loss and the transmission efficiency, during execution of the automatic parking control, and is configured to calculate the required power source torque, without taking account of the inertia loss and the transmission efficiency, while the automatic parking control is not being executed.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Honda Hiroyasu
• Saito Ryosuke

Classifications

• B60W2510/105

  Output torque · CPC title

• B60W2510/0208

  Clutch engagement state, e.g. engaged or disengaged · CPC title

• B60W10/11 Primary

  Stepped gearings · CPC title

• F16H63/3416

  Parking lock mechanisms or brakes in the transmission · CPC title

• B60W30/182

  Selecting between different operative modes, e.g. comfort and performance modes · CPC title