Control system and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016229387-A1
Application number	US-201415024763-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 25, 2014
Priority date	Sep 26, 2013
Publication date	Aug 11, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

In a control system and a control method, an electronic control unit is configured to crank an engine by setting a clutch to a half engaged state in a state where operation of the engine is stopped during traveling. The half engaged state is a state where the clutch is engaged with a slip. The electronic control unit is configured to, after a rotation speed of the engine has reached an ignition permission rotation speed or higher, increase a transmitted torque capacity of the clutch to a transmitted torque capacity that satisfies the following conditions i) and ii): i) the transmitted torque capacity is larger than a transmitted torque capacity before the rotation speed of the engine has reached the ignition permission rotation speed; and ii) the transmitted torque capacity allows the clutch to be kept in the half engaged state.

First claim

1 . A control system comprising:
an engine configured to start up by cranking; a clutch configured to transmit cranking torque to the engine when engaged, the clutch being configured to continuously change its transmitted torque capacity; and an electronic control unit configured to crank the engine by setting the clutch to a half engaged state in a state where operation of the engine is stopped during traveling, the half engaged state being a state where the clutch is engaged with a slip, the electronic control unit being configured to, after a rotation speed of the engine has reached an ignition permission rotation speed or higher, increase the transmitted torque capacity of the clutch to a transmitted torque capacity that satisfies the following conditions i) and ii): i) the transmitted torque capacity is larger than a transmitted torque capacity before the rotation speed of the engine has reached the ignition permission rotation speed; and ii) the transmitted torque capacity allows the clutch to be kept in the half engaged state.

2 . The control system according to claim 1 , wherein
when the rotation speed of the engine falls within a resonant region, which is a predetermined region lower than the ignition permission rotation speed, the electronic control unit is configured to set the transmitted torque capacity to a transmitted torque capacity that satisfies the following conditions iii) and iv): iii) the transmitted torque capacity allows the clutch to be kept in the half engaged state; and iv) the transmitted torque capacity is larger than a transmitted torque capacity at the time when the rotation speed of the engine increases to exceed the resonant region and is lower than the ignition permission rotation speed.

3 . The control system according to claim 1 , further comprising a motor directly coupled to a drive wheel, the drive wheel being configured such that driving torque is transmitted from the engine to the drive wheel, wherein
the clutch is arranged so as to transmit the driving torque from the engine to the drive wheel or interrupt transmission of the driving torque from the engine to the drive wheel, and the electronic control unit is configured to, when the transmitted torque capacity of the clutch is changed, control torque of the motor so as to suppress a change in torque at the drive wheel due to the change in the transmitted torque capacity.

4 . The control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a motor coupled to an output side of the engine via the clutch; and a transmission mechanism coupled to an output side of the motor, the transmission mechanism being configured to change its speed ratio.

5 . The control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a motor coupled to an output side of the engine via the clutch; and a transmission mechanism coupled to an output side of the motor via the clutch, the transmission mechanism being configured to change its speed ratio.

6 . The control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a transmission mechanism including at least three rotating elements serving as an input element, an output element and a reaction element, the rotating elements being configured such that a rotation speed of one of the rotating elements is determined on the basis of rotation speeds of the other two rotating elements; and a first motor coupled to the reaction element, wherein the engine is coupled to the input element via the clutch.

7 . The control system according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a second motor coupled to the output element.

8 . The control system according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a transmission mechanism configured to output torque to the drive wheel, the transmission mechanism being configured to change its speed ratio, wherein the motor is coupled to an input side of the transmission mechanism, and the engine is coupled to the motor via the clutch.

9 . The control system according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a transmission mechanism configured to output torque to the drive wheel, the transmission mechanism being configured to change its speed ratio, wherein the motor includes: a first motor arranged between the engine and the clutch; and a second motor arranged between the clutch and the transmission mechanism, and when the transmitted torque capacity of the clutch is changed, the motor that is controlled so as to suppress a change in torque at the drive wheel as a result of the change in the transmitted torque capacity is the second motor.

10 . The control system according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a transmission mechanism including at least three rotating elements serving as an input element, an output element and a reaction element, the rotating elements being configured such that a rotation speed of one of the rotating elements is determined on the basis of rotation speeds of the other two rotating elements, wherein the motor is coupled to the reaction element, and the engine is coupled to the input element via the clutch.

11 . The control system according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a transmission mechanism including at least three rotating elements serving as an input element, an output element and a reaction element, the rotating elements being configured such that a rotation speed of one of the rotating elements is determined on the basis of rotation speeds of the other two rotating elements, wherein a plurality of the motors include: a first motor coupled to the reaction element; and a second motor coupled to the output element, the engine is coupled to the input element via the clutch, and when the transmitted torque capacity of the clutch is changed, the motor that is controlled so as to suppress a change in torque at the drive wheel as a result of the change in the transmitted torque capacity is the second motor.

12 . A control method for a vehicle, the vehicle including an engine, a clutch and an electronic control unit, the engine being configured to start up by cranking, the clutch being configured to transmit cranking torque to the engine when engaged, the clutch being configured so as to continuously change its transmitted torque capacity, the control method comprising:
cranking, by the electronic control unit, the engine by setting the clutch in a half engaged state in a state where operation of the engine is stopped during traveling, the half engaged state being a state where the clutch is engaged with a slip; and after a rotation speed of the engine has reached an ignition permission rotation speed or higher, increasing, by the electronic control unit, the transmitted torque capacity of the clutch to a transmitted torque capacity that satisfies the following conditions i) and ii): i) the transmitted torque capacity is larger than a transmitted torque capacity before the rotation speed of the engine has reached the ignition permission rotation speed; and ii) the transmitted torque capacity allows the clutch to be kept in the half engaged state.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hata Kensei
• Funahashi Makoto
• Iwase Yuji
• Suzuki Yosuke
• Nobuyasu Seitaro
• Watanabe Koichi
• Oya Shojiro
• Oshiro Yuta

Classifications

• B60Y2200/92

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title

• F16H3/725

  with means to change ratio in the mechanical gearing · CPC title

• B60W2710/083

  Torque · CPC title

• B60W2720/30

  Wheel torque · CPC title

• F16H3/728

  with means to change ratio in the mechanical gearing · CPC title