Driving system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017129477-A1
Application number	US-201515317175-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 17, 2015
Priority date	Jun 30, 2014
Publication date	May 11, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

In a vehicle that includes an engine including a starter, an automatic transmission unit having an input shaft coupled to an output shaft of the engine via a first clutch, and a motor generator (hereinafter, referred to as “MG”) coupled to the input shaft of the automatic transmission unit via a second clutch, an electronic control unit starts up the engine with the use of the starter in a state where the MG is disconnected from the engine by releasing at least one of the first clutch or the second clutch when an IG-on operation has been made in an IG-off state (a state where the vehicle is stopped in a P range) and a power control unit that supplies electric power to the MG has a failure.

First claim

1 . A driving system for a vehicle, the vehicle including an engine,
an automatic transmission including an input shaft connected to an output shaft of the engine, a power control circuit, a motor generator connected to the input shaft of the automatic transmission, the motor generator being configured to operate on electric power that is supplied from the power control circuit, a rotary electric machine configured to start up the engine by operating on electric power different from the electric power that is supplied from the power control circuit, and a clutch mechanism configured to transmit power between the engine and the motor generator or interrupt transmission of power between the engine and the motor generator, the driving system comprising: at least one electronic control unit configured to control the engine, the rotary electric machine and the clutch mechanism, the electronic control unit being configured to
i) determine whether or not the power control circuit has a failure, and
ii) when the power control circuit has the failure, execute start-up control, the start-up control being control for starting up the engine by operating the rotary electric machine in a state where the clutch mechanism is released.

2 . The driving system according to claim 1 , wherein
the clutch mechanism includes a. first clutch and a second clutch, the first clutch is provided between the motor generator and the input shaft of the automatic transmission, the second clutch is provided between the output shaft of the engine and the input shaft of the automatic transmission, and the start-up control is control for starting up the engine by operating the rotary electric machine in a state where the first clutch is released.

3 . The driving system according to claim 2 , wherein
the start-up control is control for starting up the engine by operating the rotary electric machine in a state where the first clutch is released and the second clutch is engaged.

4 . The driving system according to claim 1 , wherein
the clutch mechanism includes a first clutch and a second clutch, the first clutch is provided between the motor generator and the input shaft of the automatic transmission, the second clutch is provided between the output shaft of the engine and the input shaft of the automatic transmission, and the start-up control is control for starting up the engine by operating the rotary electric machine in a state where the second clutch is released.

5 . The driving system according to claim 4 , wherein
the vehicle further includes an electric oil pump, the electronic control unit is configured to engage the second clutch by using a discharge hydraulic pressure of the electric oil pump when a rotation speed of the engine has decreased to a value lower than a first rotation speed after the engine has been started up in a state where the second clutch is released, and the first rotation speed is a rotation speed when a current that flows between the motor generator and the power control circuit is smaller than a permissible value due to a counter-electromotive force that generates through rotation of the motor generator in a state where the second clutch is engaged.

6 . The driving system according to claim 5 , wherein
the first clutch is configured such that the first clutch engages when no hydraulic pressure is supplied and the first clutch is released when a hydraulic pressure higher than or equal to a predetermined hydraulic pressure is supplied, the vehicle further includes a mechanical oil pump connected to the input shaft of the automatic transmission, the electronic control unit is configured to release the first clutch by using a discharge hydraulic pressure of the mechanical oil pump when a rotation speed of the input shaft of the automatic transmission has increased to a value higher than a second rotation speed while the second clutch is engaged by using the discharge hydraulic pressure of the electric oil pump after the engine has been started up, and the second rotation speed is a rotation speed when the discharge hydraulic pressure of the mechanical oil pump is higher than the predetermined hydraulic pressure.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ideshio Yukihiko
• Tsutsumi Takahiko

Classifications

• B60W50/029

  Adapting to failures or work around with other constraints, e.g. circumvention by avoiding use of failed parts · CPC title

• F02N2300/2002

  using different starting modes, methods, or actuators depending on circumstances, e.g. engine temperature or component wear · CPC title

• B60W2710/021

  Clutch engagement state · CPC title

• F16H61/0031

  using auxiliary pumps, e.g. pump driven by a different power source than the engine · CPC title

• Y10S903/915

  Specific drive or transmission adapted for hev · CPC title