Method and device for controlling regenerative braking of hybrid commercial vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11752876-B2
Application number	US-202017074000-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2020
Priority date	Dec 9, 2019
Publication date	Sep 12, 2023
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023

Abstract

A method for controlling regenerative braking of a hybrid commercial vehicle that includes a main brake and an auxiliary brake is provided. The method includes determining whether a braking request condition of the vehicle is satisfied based on a state data and generating a request braking amount based on the state data when the braking request condition is satisfied. When an operation switch of the auxiliary brake is on an auxiliary braking amount of the auxiliary brake is generated. A final braking amount is generated based on the request braking amount and the auxiliary braking amount. A regenerative braking amount is generated based on the final braking amount and braking of the vehicle is performed based on the final braking amount.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling regenerative braking of a hybrid commercial vehicle that includes a main brake and an auxiliary brake, comprising:
determining, by a controller, whether a braking request condition of the vehicle is satisfied based on a state data;
generating, by the controller, a request braking amount based on the state data when the braking request condition is satisfied;
determining, by the controller, whether an operation switch of the auxiliary brake is on;
generating, by the controller, an auxiliary braking amount of the auxiliary brake in response to determining that the operation switch is on;
generating, by the controller, a final braking amount based on the request braking amount and the auxiliary braking amount;
generating, by the controller, a regenerative braking amount based on the final braking amount;
performing, by the controller, braking of the vehicle based on the final braking amount;
checking by the controller, a hydraulic braking amount based on the final braking amount and the regenerative braking amount;
wherein performing the braking of the vehicle includes:
operating, by the controller, the main brake based on the hydraulic braking amount to perform the braking of the vehicle; and
performing, by the controller, regenerative braking of the vehicle based on the regenerative braking amount;

generating, by the controller, a reference value using the final braking amount and a design coefficient after the braking of the vehicle is performed;
checking, by the controller, the hydraulic braking amount of the main brake when the main brake is operated;
determining, by the controller, whether the hydraulic braking amount of the main brake is less than or equal to the reference value; and
performing, by the controller, the braking of the vehicle using the auxiliary brake in response to determining that the hydraulic braking amount of the main brake is less than or equal to the reference value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the request braking amount includes:
checking, by the controller, a position value of a brake pedal of the vehicle and an acceleration value of the vehicle that are included in the state data in response to determining that the braking request condition is satisfied;
checking, by the controller, a weight of the vehicle based on the acceleration value; and
generating, by the controller, the request braking amount based on the position value of the brake pedal and the weight of the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the auxiliary braking amount includes:
checking, by the controller, a braking assistance map including a braking amount for each of a plurality of braking stage numbers included in a braking control lever that adjusts a braking force of the auxiliary brake;
checking, by the controller, a braking stage number of the braking control lever; and
generating, by the controller, the auxiliary braking amount by extracting a braking amount corresponding to the checked braking stage number from the braking assistance map.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the braking request condition of the vehicle is satisfied based on the state data includes:
determining, by the controller, that the braking request condition is satisfied in response to determining a position value of a brake pedal of the vehicle included in the state data is greater than or equal to a reference value.

5. A device for controlling regenerative braking of a hybrid commercial vehicle, comprising:
an auxiliary brake configured to assist a braking force of the vehicle;
a state detector configured to detect state data for adjusting regenerative braking of the vehicle; and
a controller configured to generate a request braking amount using the state data, generate an auxiliary braking amount of the auxiliary brake when an operation switch of the auxiliary brake is on, generate a final braking amount based on the request braking amount and the auxiliary braking amount, generate a regenerative braking amount based on the final braking amount, and perform braking of the vehicle based on the final braking amount;
wherein the controller is configured to check a hydraulic braking amount based on the final braking amount and the regenerative braking amount, operate a main brake of the vehicle based on the hydraulic braking amount to perform the braking of the vehicle, and perform regenerative braking of the vehicle based on the regenerative braking amount; and
wherein the controller is configured to generate a reference value using the final braking amount and a design coefficient, check the hydraulic braking amount of the main brake when the main brake is operated, and perform the braking of the vehicle using the auxiliary brake when the hydraulic braking amount of the main brake is less than or equal to the reference value.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to check a position value of a brake pedal of the vehicle and an acceleration value of the vehicle that are included in the state data, check a weight of the vehicle based on the acceleration value, and generate the request braking amount based on the position value of the brake pedal and the weight of the vehicle.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to check a braking assistance map including a braking amount for each of a plurality of braking stage numbers included in a braking control lever that adjusts a braking force of the auxiliary brake, check a braking stage number of the braking control lever, and generate the auxiliary braking amount by extracting a braking amount corresponding to the checked braking stage number from the braking assistance map.

8. The device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to perform braking of the vehicle through a main brake of the vehicle and the auxiliary brake based on the final braking amount in response to determining that a regenerative braking stop condition is satisfied.

9. The device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to determine that the braking request condition of the vehicle is satisfied in response to determining that a position value of a brake pedal of the vehicle included in the state data is greater than or equal to a reference value.

10. The device of claim 5 , wherein the state detector includes:
a brake pedal position detector configured to detect a position value of a brake pedal of the vehicle;
a speed detector configured to detect a speed of the vehicle;
an acceleration detector configured to detect acceleration of the vehicle;
an operation detector configured to detect on or off of the operation switch of the auxiliary brake; and
a stage number detector configured to detect a braking stage number of a braking control lever of the auxiliary brake.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Choi Do Sun

Classifications

• B60L50/15 Primary

  with additional electric power supply (with capacitors charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/40; with batteries charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/61) · CPC title

• B60W30/18127 Primary

  Regenerative braking · CPC title

• B60L7/18 Primary

  Controlling the braking effect (B60L7/12, B60L7/14, B60L7/16 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60L2200/36

  Vehicles designed to transport cargo, e.g. trucks · CPC title

• B60L7/26

  Controlling the braking effect · CPC title