Method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle and corresponding drive device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018208045-A1
Application number	US-201715843058-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 15, 2017
Priority date	Jan 23, 2017
Publication date	Jul 26, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle, which has an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and a gearshift transmission. A drive shaft of the internal combustion engine can be coupled by a shift clutch to a motor shaft of the electric motor and the motor shaft is coupled to a transmission input shaft of the gearshift transmission. A driven shaft of the drive device is coupled to or can be coupled to a transmission output shaft of the gearshift transmission. In a first shifting state, the shift clutch is disengaged for decoupling of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor and, in a second shifting state, is engaged for coupling of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor.

First claim

1 . A method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle, which has an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and a gearshift transmission, comprising:
a drive shaft of the internal combustion engine can be coupled by a shift clutch to a motor shaft of the electric motor and the motor shaft is coupled to a transmission input shaft of the gearshift transmission, wherein a driven shaft of the drive device is coupled to or can be coupled to a transmission output shaft of the gearshift transmission, and wherein, in a first shifting state, the shift clutch is opened or disengaged for decoupling of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor and, in a second shifting state, is closed or engaged for coupling of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor, wherein when there is a shift from the first shifting state to the second shifting state, the engaging of the shift clutch is delayed in a first operating mode when the difference between a speed gradient of the drive shaft and a speed gradient of the motor shaft exceeds a speed gradient threshold value, and/or the speed gradients have different signs.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the shift from the first shifting state to the second shifting state is carried out during a startup of the internal combustion engine.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein during the shift from the first shifting state to the second shifting state, a shift in gear from an initial gear to a target gear is carried out by the gearshift transmission.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein in the case of the delay in the engaging of the shift clutch, a desired speed is adjusted at the internal combustion engine, said desired speed being determined from a speed of the transmission output shaft and the target gear.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the delay is carried out until an actual speed of the internal combustion engine corresponds to the desired speed and/or the difference between the speed gradients is less than or equal to the speed gradient threshold value, and/or the speed gradients have the same signs.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the delay is terminated and the shift clutch is engaged when the actual speed corresponds to the desired speed and/or the difference is less than or equal to the speed gradient threshold value, and/or the speed gradients have the same signs.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when there is a shift from the first shifting state to the second shifting state, the engaging of the shift clutch is carried out immediately in a second operating mode, in particular regardless of the difference between the speed gradients and/or the signs.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein a transition from the first operating mode to the second operating mode occurs when a predetermined torque adjusted at the drive device exceeds a torque threshold value, and/or a speed difference between the speed of the drive shaft and the speed of the motor shaft is less than a speed difference threshold value, and/or a converter slippage of a torque converter of the gearshift transmission is unknown, and/or a speed signal is invalid.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein in the second operating mode, the shift clutch is engaged before the shift in gear is carried out by means of the gearshift transmission.

10 . A drive device for a motor vehicle, comprising:
an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and a gearshift transmission, wherein a drive shaft of the internal combustion engine can be coupled by a shift clutch to a motor shaft of the electric motor and the motor shaft is coupled to a transmission input shaft of the gearshift transmission, wherein a driven shaft of the drive device is coupled to or can be coupled to a transmission output shaft of the gearshift transmission, and wherein, in a first shifting state, the shift clutch is disengaged for decoupling of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor and, in a second shifting state, is engaged for coupling of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor, wherein the drive device is designed for the purpose of delaying the engaging of the shift clutch when there is a shift from the first shifting state to the second shifting state in a first operating mode, when the difference between a speed gradient of the drive shaft and a speed gradient the motor shaft exceeds a speed gradient threshold value, and/or the speed gradients have different signs.

Assignees

• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Schneider Michael
• Kaartometsä Henrik
• Brückl Bernhard

Classifications

• B60W10/02

  including control of driveline clutches · CPC title

• B60W2510/1015

  Input shaft speed, e.g. turbine speed · CPC title

• B60W2510/0652

  Speed change rate · CPC title

• B60W2710/0644

  Engine speed · CPC title

• B60W2710/021

  Clutch engagement state · CPC title