Control device for electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12403776-B2
Application number	US-202318188728-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2023
Priority date	Apr 5, 2022
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

A control device for an electric vehicle is provided, which includes a drive motor of which magnetic poles of a rotor are comprised of variable magnetism magnets, and a clutch disposed between the drive motor and driving wheels. When the electric vehicle travels, the control device performs a torque control, and a first clutch control in which an engaging torque of the clutch is controlled to be higher than a demanded torque. When performing a magnetization control when the electric vehicle travels, the control device changes the clutch control from the first clutch control to a second clutch control in which the engaging torque is made to coincide with the demanded torque, before the execution of the magnetization control, and adds a given slip torque to the demanded torque to start a micro slip control in which the clutch is transitioned from an engaged state into a micro slip state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device for an electric vehicle including a drive motor of which magnetic poles of a rotor are comprised of variable magnetism magnets that are able to change magnetism, and a clutch disposed between the drive motor and driving wheels, the electric vehicle being travelable using electric power, the control device being configured to:
when the electric vehicle travels, perform a torque control in which a motor torque outputted from the drive motor is controlled so that the motor torque coincides with a demanded torque demanded to be outputted to the driving wheels, and a first clutch control in which an engaging torque of the clutch is controlled to be higher than the demanded torque; and
when performing a magnetization control in which the magnetism of the variable magnetism magnets is changed to magnetize the variable magnetism magnets when the electric vehicle travels:
change a clutch control from the first clutch control to a second clutch control in which the engaging torque is made to coincide with the demanded torque, before the execution of the magnetization control; and
add a given slip torque to the demanded torque based on a coefficient of dynamic friction and a coefficient of static friction of the clutch to start a micro slip control in which the clutch is transitioned from an engaged state into a micro slip state.

2. The control device of claim 1 , wherein when the micro slip control is started, a transitional control is performed, the transitional control including adjusting a hydraulic pressure of the clutch so that a torque variation caused in connection with the clutch transitioning from the engaged state to the micro slip state is canceled out.

3. The control device of claim 2 , wherein during the execution of the micro slip control, a power control is performed instead of the torque control, the power control including controlling the motor torque so that power outputted from the driving wheels coincides with a given target power value.

4. The control device of claim 3 , wherein after the execution of the magnetization control, a feedback control is performed based on a difference between a rotational speed on an input side of the clutch and a rotational speed on an output side to converge a state to the micro slip state during the execution of the power control.

5. The control device of claim 1 , wherein when the micro slip control is ended, a transitional control is performed, the transitional control including adjusting a hydraulic pressure of the clutch so that a torque variation caused in connection with transitioning the clutch from the micro slip state to the engaged state is canceled out.

6. The control device of claim 1 , wherein during the execution of the micro slip control, a power control is performed instead of the torque control, the power control including controlling the motor torque so that power outputted from the driving wheels coincides with a given target power value.

7. The control device of claim 6 wherein after the execution of the magnetization control, a feedback control is performed based on a difference between a rotational speed on an input side of the clutch and a rotational speed on an output side to converge a state to the micro slip state during the execution of the power control.

8. The control device of claim 7 , wherein when the micro slip control is ended, a transitional control is performed, the transitional control including adjusting a hydraulic pressure of the clutch so that a torque variation caused in connection with transitioning the clutch from the micro slip state to the engaged state is canceled out.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Ebisumoto Hirofumi
• Yoshizue Tomohiro
• Sori Tsukasa

Classifications

• B60W2720/26

  Wheel slip · CPC title

• B60W30/182

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

• B60W30/18172

  Preventing, or responsive to skidding of wheels · CPC title

• B60W10/08

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

• B60W10/02

  including control of driveline clutches · CPC title