Vehicle control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12194861-B2
Application number	US-202318492104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2023
Priority date	Apr 28, 2021
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

A vehicle control device includes an actuator drive control section that controls drive of an actuator, a main motor drive control section that controls drive of a main motor, and a stagnation determination section. The stagnation determination section determines a stagnation of the actuator based on a detected value of a sensor unit that detects a physical quantity that changes according to a drive state of the actuator. When performing a meshing surface pressure reduction control for reducing a meshing surface pressure generated at the meshing point between a parking gear and a parking lever by driving the main motor, the main motor drive control section decreases a main motor torque which is a torque of the main motor based on the detected value of the sensor unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle drive system, the vehicle drive system including a main motor as a driving source of the vehicle, a parking lock mechanism having a parking gear connected to an axle and a parking lever configured to be engaged with the parking gear so that an engagement of the parking gear and the parking lever allows the axle to be locked, and an actuator configured to drive the parking lever, the vehicle control device comprising: an actuator drive control section configured to control a drive of the actuator; a main motor drive control section configured to control a drive of the main motor; and a stagnation determination section configured to determine a stagnation of the actuator based on a detected value of a sensor unit that detects a physical quantity that changes according to a drive state of the actuator, wherein when a meshing surface pressure reduction control is performed to reduce a meshing surface pressure generated at a meshing point between the parking gear and the parking lever by driving the main motor at a torque, the main motor drive control section reduces the main motor torque before a range switching completion based on a detected value of the sensor unit.

2. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the main motor drive control section starts reducing the torque of the main motor when it is determined that the stagnation of the actuator is resolved based on the detected value of the sensor unit.

3. The vehicle control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the sensor unit is a rotation angle sensor that detects a rotation angle of the actuator.

4. The vehicle control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the stagnation determination section determines that the stagnation of the actuator is resolved when the detected value of the rotation angle sensor reaches a reduction start position.

5. The vehicle control device according to claim 4 , wherein
the reduction start position is a P range release position.

6. The vehicle control device according to claim 4 , wherein
the vehicle drive system includes a detent member formed with a plurality of valley portions and connected to the parking lever, an engaging member capable of moving the valley portions by driving the actuator, and a detent mechanism having a biasing member that biases the engaging member in a direction to fit into the valley portion, and
the reduction start position is set between a peak position where the meshing surface pressure due to the load applied to the axle peaks and a position where the engaging member is moved to the valley portion corresponding to a notP range, which is a range other than a P range, by a biasing force of the biasing member.

7. The vehicle control device according to claim 4 , wherein
the reduction start position is set between a peak position where the meshing surface pressure due to the load applied to the axle peaks and a P range release position.

8. The vehicle control device according to claim 3 , wherein the stagnation determination section determines that the stagnation of the actuator is resolved when a rotation speed of the actuator exceeds a speed determination threshold value from a state in which the actuator is stagnant.

9. The vehicle control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the actuator has a motor, and
the sensor unit is a current sensor that detects the current of the motor.

10. The vehicle control device according to claim 9 , wherein
the stagnation determination section determines that the stagnation of the actuator is resolved when the current of the motor changes from a state of stagnation to a decrease based on the detected value of the current sensor.

11. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the main motor drive control section varies a decrease speed of the main motor torque according to an inclination state of the vehicle.

12. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the main motor drive control section varies a decrease speed of the main motor torque according to the current of the main motor.

13. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the main motor drive control section varies a decrease speed of the main motor torque according to the amount of heat generated by the main motor.

14. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the main motor drive control section varies a decrease speed of the main motor torque according to the temperature of the actuator.

15. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the actuator has a usage environment region in which the parking lock cannot be released when the meshing surface pressure is generated.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Harada Akihiro
• Nakayama Seiji
• Kamio Shigeru

Classifications

• B60W2510/087

  Temperature · CPC title

• B60W2510/08

  Electric propulsion units · CPC title

• B60W2710/083

  Torque · CPC title

• B60W10/08

  including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators · CPC title

• B60W10/182

  including control of parking brakes · CPC title