Slip factor learning method of dual clutch transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016159362-A1
Application number	US-201514958663-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 3, 2015
Priority date	Dec 5, 2014
Publication date	Jun 9, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A slip factor learning method of a dual clutch transmission (DCT) may include: determining, by a control unit, whether the DCT is up-shifted or down-shifted; comparing an engine speed to a shift start reference speed, and determining whether the engine speed enters an actual gear shifting period or actual gear shifting is completed, in response to the determined type of the gear shifting; comparing a magnitude of an engine torque to a magnitude of a clutch torque at a point of time that the engine speed enters the actual gear shifting period or the actual gear shifting is completed; and learning a slip factor at the point of time that the engine speed enters the actual gear shifting period or the actual gear shifting is completed, based on the magnitude comparison result between the engine torque and the clutch torque.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A slip factor learning method of a dual clutch transmission (DCT), comprising:
determining, by a control unit, whether the DCT is up-shifted or down-shifted; comparing, by the control unit, an engine speed to a shift start reference speed, and determining whether the engine speed enters an actual gear shifting period or actual gear shifting is completed, in response to the determined type of the gear shifting; comparing, by the control unit, a magnitude of an engine torque to a magnitude of a clutch torque at a point of time that the engine speed enters the actual gear shifting period or the actual gear shifting is completed; and learning, by the control unit, a slip factor at the point of time that the engine speed enters the actual gear shifting period or the actual gear shifting is completed, based on the magnitude comparison result between the engine torque and the clutch torque.

2 . The slip factor learning method of claim 1 , wherein after the learning of the slip factor, the control unit multiplies the learned slip factor by a preset propagation coefficient, and propagates the multiplication result to a region which has a preset clutch temperature and a target slip amount, and
the propagation coefficient is applied to be inversely proportional to a distance between a center value of a target slip amount of a region where learning is actually performed and a center value of a target slip amount of a region to which learning is to be propagated.

3 . The slip factor learning method of claim 1 , wherein when the DCT is up-shifted, the control unit increases an on-going clutch torque at a preset slope during a preset reference time from a point of time that the on-going clutch torque becomes equal to the engine torque after torque transfer is completed, and
the control unit detects an on-going clutch torque when the engine speed enters the actual gear shifting period, determines that an actual on-going clutch torque is smaller than a currently-inputted engine torque, when the engine speed does not becomes lower than the shift start reference speed even though the on-going clutch torque is applied during more than the preset reference time, and learns to increase the slip factor, and when the engine speed becomes lower than current-gear synchronous speed before the torque transfer is completed, the control unit determines that the on-going clutch torque is larger than the engine torque, and learns to reduce the slip factor.

4 . The slip factor learning method of claim 3 , wherein a point of time that the torque transfer is completed corresponds to a point of time that the off-going clutch torque becomes zero.

5 . The slip factor learning method of claim 3 , wherein the actual gear shifting period comprises a period in which the engine speed is changed to a target gear speed from a current gear speed.

6 . The slip factor learning method of claim 3 , wherein the shift start reference speed corresponds to (the current-gear synchronous speed—the target slip amount).

7 . The slip factor learning method of claim 3 , wherein when the actual gear shifting is completed after the engine speed enters the actual gear shifting period, the control unit releases an engine torque reduction request at a point of time that the actual gear shifting is completed,
when a final engine speed becomes higher than a shift end reference speed after the engine torque reduction request is released, the control unit determines that the actual on-going clutch torque is smaller than a target on-going clutch torque, and learns to increase the slip factor, and when the final engine speed becomes higher than the shift end reference speed and coincides with the target-gear synchronous speed, the control unit determines that the actual on-going clutch torque is larger than the target on-going clutch torque, and learns to reduce the slip factor.

8 . The slip factor learning method of claim 7 , wherein the shift end reference speed corresponds to (the target-gear synchronous speed+the target slip amount).

9 . The slip factor learning method of claim 1 , wherein when the DCT is down-shifted and the engine speed becomes higher than a target-gear synchronous speed immediately before an on-going clutch torque is applied, the control unit determines that an actual off-going clutch torque with respect to the engine torque is smaller than a target off-going clutch torque, and learns to increase the slip factor, and
when the engine speed becomes lower than the target-gear synchronous speed immediately before the on-going clutch torque is applied, the control unit determines that the actual off-going clutch torque with respect to the engine torque is larger than the target off-going clutch torque, and learns to reduce the slip factor.

10 . The slip factor learning method of claim 9 , wherein a point of time that the torque transfer is completed corresponds to a point of time that the off-going clutch torque becomes zero.

11 . The slip factor learning method of claim 9 , wherein when a slip amount becomes larger than a reference slip amount after the torque transfer of the DCT is completed, the control unit determines that an actual on-going clutch torque is smaller than a target on-going clutch torque, and learns to increase the slip factor, and
when the slip amount becomes smaller than the reference slip amount, the control unit determines that the actual on-going clutch torque is larger than the target on-going clutch torque, and learns to reduce the slip factor.

12 . The slip factor learning method of claim 11 , wherein in order to determine whether the slip amount becomes larger or smaller than the reference slip amount, the control unit determines whether the engine speed is larger or smaller than (current-gear synchronous speed+target slip).

Assignees

• Hyundai Autron Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Seong Jin
• Yoon Woo Sik

Classifications

• B60W2510/0291

  Clutch temperature · CPC title

• F16H2061/0087

  Adaptive control, e.g. the control parameters adapted by learning · CPC title

• B60W2510/0638

  Engine speed · CPC title

• F16H61/0437

  by using electrical signals (F16H61/0403 and F16H61/061 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60W10/06

  including control of combustion engines · CPC title