Vehicle torque control method and apparatus, electronic device and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12545103-B2
Application number	US-202418933585-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2024
Priority date	May 20, 2022
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

A vehicle torque control method is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle. The vehicle torque control method includes acquiring a front axle equivalent axle speed and a rear axle equivalent axle speed of a vehicle, and determining an equivalent axle speed difference between front axles and rear axles of the vehicle according to the front axle equivalent axle speed and the rear axle equivalent axle speed. The vehicle torque control method also includes determining a drive shaft torque adjustment value according to the equivalent axle speed difference; and adjusting an output torque of a drive shaft motor according to the drive shaft torque adjustment value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle torque control method applied to a four-wheel drive vehicle, comprising:
acquiring an equivalent axle speed of a front axle and an equivalent axle speed of a rear axle of a vehicle, and determining an equivalent axle speed difference between the front axle and the rear axle of the vehicle based on the equivalent axle speed of the front axle and the equivalent axle speed of the rear axle; determining a drive shaft torque adjustment value based on the equivalent axle speed difference; and adjusting an output torque of a motor of a drive shaft based on the drive shaft torque adjustment value, wherein the adjusting an output torque of a motor of a drive shaft based on the drive shaft torque adjustment value comprises:
determining a front axle torque lower limit value; and adjusting, if a current output torque of the motor of the drive shaft is less than or equal to the torque lower limit value after the drive shaft torque adjustment value is reduced, the output torque of the motor of the drive shaft to the torque lower limit value, or
determining a rear axle torque lower limit value; and adjusting, if the current output torque of the motor of the drive shaft is less than or equal to the torque lower limit value after the drive shaft torque adjustment value is reduced, the output torque of the motor of the drive shaft to the torque lower limit value.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring an equivalent axle speed of a front axle and an equivalent axle speed of a rear axle of a vehicle comprises:
acquiring the equivalent axle speed of the front axle and the equivalent axle speed of the rear axle of the vehicle when the vehicle is under a straight-ahead condition.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining an equivalent axle speed difference between the front axle and the rear axle of the vehicle based on the equivalent axle speed of the front axle and the equivalent axle speed of the rear axle comprises:
acquiring a rotating speed of a front axle motor of the vehicle, and calculating an axle speed of the front axle based on the rotating speed of the front axle motor of the vehicle; acquiring a rotating speed of a rear axle motor of the vehicle, and calculating an axle speed of the rear axle based on the rotating speed of the rear axle motor of the vehicle; and calculating a difference between the axle speed of the rear axle and the axle speed of the front axle to obtain a first equivalent axle speed difference.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the determining an equivalent axle speed difference between the front axle and the rear axle of the vehicle based on the equivalent axle speed of the front axle and the equivalent axle speed of the rear axle comprises:
acquiring a wheel speed of a front wheel of the vehicle, and calculating the equivalent axle speed of the front axle based on the wheel speed of the front wheel of the vehicle; acquiring a wheel speed of a rear wheel of the vehicle, and calculating the equivalent axle speed of the rear axle based on the wheel speed of the rear wheel of the vehicle; and calculating a difference between the equivalent axle speed of the rear axle and the equivalent axle speed of the front axle to obtain a second equivalent axle speed difference.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining an equivalent axle speed difference between the front axle and the rear axle of the vehicle based on the equivalent axle speed of the front axle and the equivalent axle speed of the rear axle comprises:
acquiring a speed of the vehicle; calculating, when the speed of the vehicle is greater than 0 and less than or equal to a first preset vehicle speed threshold, an axle speed of the front axle based on a rotating speed of a front axle motor of the vehicle, calculating an axle speed of the rear axle based on a rotating speed of a rear axle motor of the vehicle, and calculating a difference between the axle speed of the rear axle and the axle speed of the front axle to obtain a first equivalent axle speed difference; and calculating, when the speed of the vehicle is greater than the first preset vehicle speed threshold, the equivalent axle speed of the front axle based on a wheel speed of a front wheel of the vehicle, calculating the equivalent axle speed of the rear axle based on a wheel speed of a rear wheel of the vehicle, and calculating a difference between the equivalent axle speed of the rear axle and the equivalent axle speed of the front axle to obtain a second equivalent axle speed difference.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining a drive shaft torque adjustment value based on the equivalent axle speed difference comprises:
determining the drive shaft torque adjustment value when an absolute value of the equivalent axle speed difference is greater than a first equivalent axle speed difference threshold.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the adjusting an output torque of a motor of a drive shaft based on the drive shaft torque adjustment value comprises:
continuously determining whether the absolute value of the equivalent axle speed difference is greater than the first equivalent axle speed difference threshold, reducing, when the absolute value of the equivalent axle speed difference is greater than the first equivalent axle speed difference threshold, the torque of the drive shaft until the absolute value of the equivalent axle speed difference is less than a second equivalent axle speed difference threshold, and stopping adjustment when the absolute value is less than the second equivalent axle speed difference threshold, wherein the first equivalent axle speed difference threshold is greater than the second equivalent axle speed difference threshold.

8 . A vehicle torque control method applied to a four-wheel drive vehicle, comprising:
acquiring an equivalent axle speed of a front axle and an equivalent axle speed of a rear axle of a vehicle, and determining an equivalent axle speed difference between the front axle and the rear axle of the vehicle based on the equivalent axle speed of the front axle and the equivalent axle speed of the rear axle; determining a drive shaft torque adjustment value based on the equivalent axle speed difference; and adjusting an output torque of a motor of a drive shaft based on the drive shaft torque adjustment value, wherein the adjusting an output torque of a motor of a drive shaft based on the drive shaft torque adjustment value comprises:
determining, when an absolute value of the equivalent axle speed difference is greater than a first equivalent axle speed difference threshold, that a torque of the front axle of the vehicle needs to be reduced or a torque of the rear axle of the vehicle needs to be reduced;
controlling, when the torque of the rear axle of the vehicle needs to be reduced, the torque of the rear axle to be reduced based on the drive shaft torque adjustment value; and
controlling, when the torque of the front axle of the vehicle needs to be reduced, the torque of the front axle to be reduced based on the drive shaft torque adjustment value,
wherein the determining that a torque of the front axle of the vehicle needs to be reduced or a torque of the rear axle of the vehicle needs to be reduced comprises: determining, when the equivalent axle speed difference is greater than 0, that the torque of the rear axle of the vehicle needs to be reduced, or determining, when the equivalent axle speed difference is less than 0, that the torque of the front axle of the vehicle needs to be reduced.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , when the torque of the rear axle of the vehicle needs

Assignees

• Byd Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ling Heping
• Shi Mingchuan
• Wang Hongxia
• Zhang Hao
• Zhou Binhao

Classifications

• B60K2023/0858

  with electric means, e.g. electro-hydraulic means · CPC title

• B60K17/356

  having fluid or electric motor, for driving one or more wheels · CPC title

• Y02T10/64

  Electric machine technologies in electromobility · CPC title

• Y02T10/72

  Electric energy management in electromobility · CPC title

• B60L2260/28

  Four wheel or all wheel drive · CPC title