Method for braking a hybrid electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12030498-B2
Application number	US-202117543897-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2021
Priority date	Dec 17, 2020
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

A method for braking a hybrid electric vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle and a computer program element. The method includes actuating braking with a brake energy, starting to regenerate the brake energy and charging a battery system with the regenerated brake energy, receiving a state of charge of the battery system, redirecting the regenerated brake energy into an integrated starter generator in case of a full or limited charging of the battery system, and activating the integrated starter generator to rotate an internal combustion engine.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for braking a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:
actuating braking with a brake energy,
starting to regenerate the brake energy and charging a battery system with the regenerated brake energy,
receiving a state of charge of the battery system,
in case of a full or limited charging of the battery system, redirecting the regenerated brake energy into an integrated starter generator,
activating the integrated starter generator to rotate an internal combustion engine and
reducing oil and/or exhaust gas residuals entering into the internal combustion engine during a braking mode.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising opening a throttle to avoid an insertion of the oil and/or exhaust gas residuals in the internal combustion engine.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the opening the throttle to avoid the insertion of the oil and/or exhaust gas residuals in the internal combustion engine allows air to flow without any resistance during the braking mode and blocks entering of the oil and/or exhaust gas residuals in the internal combustion engine, such that only the air can be heated in a cylinder of the internal combustion engine.

4. The method according to claim 1 , the brake energy being regenerated by an electric motor.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising identifying a downhill driving direction.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising transferring a heat energy generated in the internal combustion engine to an ambient air.

7. The method according to claim 6 , the heat energy being transferred to the ambient air by means of a conventional radiator system via a heat exchanger.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising setting a variable valve timing of an air intake and/or an exhaust.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising varying a speed of the internal combustion engine to control a braking force.

10. A hybrid electric vehicle comprising an integrated starter generator, an internal combustion engine, a battery system and a control system, the control system being configured to:
actuate braking with a brake energy,
start to regenerate the brake energy and charge the battery system with the regenerated brake energy,
receive a state of charge of the battery system,
redirect the regenerated brake energy into the integrated starter generator in case of a full or limited charging of the battery system,
activate the integrated starter generator to rotate the internal combustion engine, and
reduce oil and/or exhaust gas residuals entering into the internal combustion engine during a braking mode.

11. The hybrid electric vehicle according to claim 10 , comprising a series hybrid mode.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored in a memory and executed by a processing element for carrying out steps for braking a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:
actuating braking with a brake energy,
starting to regenerate the brake energy and charging a battery system with the regenerated brake energy,
receiving a state of charge of the battery system,
in case of a full or limited charging of the battery system, redirecting the regenerated brake energy into an integrated starter generator,
activating the integrated starter generator to rotate an internal combustion engine, and
reducing oil and/or exhaust gas residuals entering into the internal combustion engine during a braking mode.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , the steps further comprising opening a throttle to avoid an insertion of the oil and/or exhaust gas residuals in the internal combustion engine.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 13 , wherein the opening the throttle to avoid the insertion of the oil and/or exhaust gas residuals in the internal combustion engine allows air to flow without any resistance during the braking mode and blocks entering of the oil and/or exhaust gas residuals in the internal combustion engine, such that only the air can be heated in a cylinder of the internal combustion engine.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , the brake energy being regenerated by an electric motor.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , the steps further comprising identifying a downhill driving direction.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , the steps further comprising transferring a heat energy generated in the internal combustion engine to an ambient air.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 17 , the heat energy being transferred to the ambient air by means of a conventional radiator system via a heat exchanger.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , the steps further comprising setting a variable valve timing of an air intake and/or an exhaust.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , the steps further comprising varying a speed of the internal combustion engine to control a braking force.

Assignees

• Volvo Car Corp

Inventors

• Almkvist Göran
• Björkholtz Jonas
• Ekström Markus
• Eriksson Andreas

Classifications

• B60W2720/106

  Longitudinal acceleration · CPC title

• B60W2710/244

  Charge state · CPC title

• B60W2710/18

  Braking system · CPC title

• B60W2710/0644

  Engine speed · CPC title

• B60W2710/0605

  Throttle position · CPC title