Control device for vehicle, control method for vehicle, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12528469-B2
Application number	US-202318847326-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2023
Priority date	Mar 18, 2022
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A control device for a vehicle is used in a vehicle that travels by transmitting a driving force from an engine to a drive wheel via a clutch. The control device includes a controller configured to perform an engine stop control in which, when an accelerator is not operated while the vehicle is traveling, a supply of a fuel to the engine is stopped and the clutch is released to enter a driving force cut-off state; a first control in which, when the accelerator is operated while the engine has a rotation speed higher than a first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state, the engine is activated and the clutch has a torque transmission capacity; and a second control in which, when the accelerator is operated while the engine has the rotation speed equal to or lower than the first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state, the engine is activated after the engine stops and the clutch has the torque transmission capacity after the engine is activated.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A control device for a vehicle that travels by transmitting a driving force from an engine to a drive wheel via a clutch, the control device comprising:
a controller, wherein the controller is configured to:
stop a supply of a fuel to the engine and release the clutch to bring the clutch into a driving force cut-off state when an accelerator is not operated while the vehicle is traveling,
activate the engine and cause the clutch to have a torque transmission capacity when the accelerator is operated while the engine has a rotation speed higher than a first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state; and
activate the engine after the engine stops rotating and cause the clutch to have the torque transmission capacity after the engine is activated when the accelerator is operated while the engine has a rotation speed equal to or lower than the first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state.

2 . The control device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle includes a motor connected to the engine via a belt, and the engine is activated by the motor.

3 . The control device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the clutch is a hydraulic clutch, the controller causes the clutch to have the torque transmission capacity by supplying the hydraulic pressure to the clutch, when the accelerator is not operated while the vehicle is traveling, the controller stops the supply of the fuel to the engine and release the clutch to bring the clutch into the driving force cut-off state, and in the case in which the engine is activated and the hydraulic pressure is supplied to the clutch when the accelerator is operated while the engine has the rotation speed higher than the first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state, the controller stops the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the clutch when the rotation speed of the engine is equal to or lower than the first rotation speed after the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the clutch is started.

4 . The control device for a vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller activates the engine after the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the clutch is stopped and the engine stops rotating, and when the rotation speed of the engine is higher than a second rotation speed that is higher than the first rotation speed, resumes the supply of the hydraulic pressure to the clutch.

5 . A control method for a vehicle that travels by transmitting a driving force from an engine to a drive wheel via a clutch, the control method comprising:
stopping a supply of a fuel to the engine and releasing the clutch to bring the clutch into a driving force cut-off state when an accelerator is not operated while the vehicle is traveling, activating the engine and causing the clutch to have a torque transmission capacity when the accelerator is operated while the engine has a rotation speed higher than a first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state; and activating the engine after the engine stops rotating and causing the clutch to have the torque transmission capacity after the engine is activated when the accelerator is operated while the engine has a rotation speed equal to or lower than the first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state.

6 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executable by a computer of a vehicle that travels by transmitting a driving force from an engine to a drive wheel via a clutch, the program causing the computer to execute procedures of:
stopping a supply of a fuel to the engine and release the clutch to bring the clutch into a driving force cut-off state when an accelerator is not operated while the vehicle is traveling, activating the engine and causing the clutch to have a torque transmission capacity when the accelerator is operated while the engine has a rotation speed higher than a first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state; and activating the engine after the engine stops rotating and causing the clutch to have the torque transmission capacity after the engine is activated when the accelerator is operated while the engine has a rotation speed equal to or lower than the first rotation speed in the driving force cut-off state.

Assignees

• Jatco Ltd
• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Tokoi Hiroyuki
• Iwado Keisuke
• Shinohara Itaru
• Lee Sunho
• Nakano Satoshi

Classifications

• B60W2030/1809

  Without torque flow between driveshaft and engine, e.g. with clutch disengaged or transmission in neutral · CPC title

• B60W10/08

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

• F02N11/0803 Primary

  characterised by means for initiating engine start or stop (F02N11/0814 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02N11/04

  the motors being associated with current generators · CPC title

• F02D41/062

  for starting (F02D41/061 takes precedence) · CPC title