Hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017129474-A1
Application number	US-201615337787-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 28, 2016
Priority date	Nov 5, 2015
Publication date	May 11, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

In a hybrid vehicle, in double-drive mode of an electric drive mode, in which the hybrid vehicle travels by using two motors, that is, a first motor and a second motor, in a state where execution of vibration damping control with the use of the second motor is being required, when it is possible to output a total torque, which is the sum of a second distribution torque and a vibration damping torque, from the second motor to a drive shaft, the vibration damping control with the use of the second motor is executed; whereas, when it is not possible to output the total torque from the second motor to the drive shaft, vibration damping control with the use of the first motor is executed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A hybrid vehicle comprising:
an engine; a first motor; a second motor; a planetary gear set including at least one planetary gear, at least part of rotating elements of the at least one planetary gear being connected to the engine, the first motor, the second motor and a drive shaft coupled to an axle; a rotation restriction mechanism configured to restrict rotation of the engine; a battery configured to exchange electric power with the first motor and the second motor; and an electronic control unit configured to: in double-drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle travels by using torque from the first motor and the second motor while the engine is placed in a rotation stopped state,
(i) control the first motor so as to output a first distribution torque of a required torque from the first motor to the drive shaft, the required torque being a torque required for the drive shaft to propel the hybrid vehicle,
(ii) control the second motor so as to output a second distribution torque of the required torque from the second motor to the drive shaft,
(iii) execute first control when it is possible to output a total torque from the second motor to the drive shaft at a time when execution of vibration damping control with the use of the second motor is being required, the first control being control in which the second motor is controlled so as to output a vibration damping torque to the drive shaft by using torque from only the second motor, the total torque being a sum of the second distribution torque and the vibration damping torque that is a torque required for the drive shaft for the vibration damping control, and
(iv) execute second control when it is not possible to output the total torque from the second motor to the drive shaft, the second control being control in which the first motor is controlled so as to output the vibration damping torque to the drive shaft by using torque from only the first motor.

2 . The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
in the double-drive mode, in a state where execution of the vibration damping control with the use of the second motor is being required and it is not possible to output the total torque from the second motor to the drive shaft, the electronic control unit is configured to execute the second control when a first efficiency is higher than a second efficiency, the first efficiency is an efficiency at a time when the first distribution torque is output from the first motor to the drive shaft, and the second efficiency is an efficiency at a time when the second distribution torque is output from the second motor to the drive shaft.

3 . A hybrid vehicle comprising:
an engine; a first motor; a second motor: a planetary gear set including at least one planetary gear, at least part of rotating elements of the at least one planetary gear being connected to the engine, the first motor, the second motor and a drive shaft coupled to an axle; a rotation restriction mechanism configured to restrict rotation of the engine; a battery configured to exchange electric power with the first motor and the second motor; and an electronic control unit configured to: in double-drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle travels by using torque from the first motor and the second motor while the engine is placed in a rotation stopped state,
(i) control the first motor so as to output a first distribution torque of a required torque from the first motor to the drive shaft, the required torque being a torque required for the drive shaft to propel the hybrid vehicle,
(ii) control the second motor so as to output a second distribution torque of the required torque from the second motor to the drive shaft,
(iii) execute first control when it is possible to output a total torque from the second motor to the drive shaft at a time when execution of vibration damping control with the use of the second motor is being required, the first control being control in which the second motor is controlled so as to output a vibration damping torque to the drive shaft by using torque from only the second motor, the total torque being a sum of the second distribution torque and the vibration damping torque that is a torque required for the drive shaft for the vibration damping control, and
(iv) execute third control when it is not possible to output the total torque from the second motor to the drive shaft, the third control being control in which the first motor and the second motor are controlled so as to output the vibration damping torque to the drive shaft by using a torque from the first motor and the second motor.

4 . The hybrid vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
in the double-drive mode, in a state where execution of the vibration damping control with the use of the second motor is being required and it is not possible to output the total torque from the second motor to the drive shaft, the electronic control unit is configured to execute the third control when a first efficiency is lower than or equal to a second efficiency, the first efficiency is an efficiency at a time when the first distribution torque is output from the first motor to the drive shaft, and the second efficiency is an efficiency at a time when the second distribution torque is output from the second motor to the drive shaft.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Keita

Classifications

• B60L50/15

  with additional electric power supply (with capacitors charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/40; with batteries charged by engine-driven generators B60L50/61) · CPC title

• Y10S903/91

  Orbital, e.g. planetary gears · CPC title

• B60W20/15 Primary

  Control strategies specially adapted for achieving a particular effect · CPC title

• Y10S903/906

  Motor or generator · CPC title

• B60Y2200/92

  Hybrid vehicles · CPC title