Method and system for controlling acceleration torque of hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9168916-B2
Application number	US-201113171050-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2011
Priority date	Dec 2, 2010
Publication date	Oct 27, 2015
Grant date	Oct 27, 2015

Abstract

A method and a system for controlling acceleration torque of a hybrid vehicle that can give sufficient acceleration without imposing burden on a battery by changing a maximum torque of a vehicle according to environmental variables are disclosed. The method sets a creep torque as a minimum torque; calculates a maximum torque that can be output from an engine considering of engine environmental variables; calculates a maximum torque that can be output from a motor considering of motor environmental variables; calculating maximum torque of the vehicle by adding up the maximum torque that can be output from the engine and the maximum torque that can be output from the motor; and calculates acceleration torque by using a position of an accelerator pedal, the minimum torque, and the maximum torque of the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling acceleration torque to manage a state of charge (SOC) of a battery of a hybrid vehicle, comprising:
setting, by a control portion, a creep torque as a minimum torque;
calculating, by the control portion, maximum torque that can be output from an engine based engine environmental variables wherein the engine environmental variables are detected by a detector, wherein the engine environment variables include an altitude of the vehicle, engine friction torque, and an engine oil temperature;
calculating, by the control portion, maximum torque that can be output from a motor based on motor environmental variables wherein the motor environmental variables are detected by the detector, wherein the motor environmental variables include motor temperature and the SOC of the battery;
calculating, by the control portion, maximum torque of the vehicle by combining the maximum torque that can be output from the engine and the maximum torque that can be output from the motor;
calculating, by the control portion, acceleration torque by using a position of an accelerator pedal, the minimum torque, and the maximum torque of the vehicle;
calculating, by the control portion, an engine division torque and a motor division torque which the engine and the motor respectively output, using the acceleration torque; and
controlling, by the control portion, the engine and the motor using the engine division torque and the motor division torque to manage the SOC of the battery at an optimal level.

2. A system for controlling acceleration torque to manage a state of charge (SOC) of a battery of a hybrid vehicle, comprising:
an accelerator pedal position detector detecting a position of an accelerator pedal;
a vehicle speed detector detecting vehicle speed;
an SOC detector detecting SOC of the battery;
an environmental variable detector detecting engine environmental variables and motor environmental variables; and
a control portion configured to set a creep torque as a minimum torque, calculate a maximum torque of the hybrid vehicle according to the engine environmental variables and the motor environmental variables, and calculate an acceleration torque by using the position of the accelerator pedal, the minimum torque, and the maximum torque of the vehicle,
wherein the motor environmental variables include motor temperature and the SOC of the battery,
wherein the engine environmental variables include an altitude of the vehicle, engine friction torque, and engine oil temperature, and
wherein the control portion is configured to calculate an engine division torque and a motor division torque which the engine and the motor respectively output, using the acceleration torque and is configured to control the engine and the motor using the engine division torque and the motor division torque to manage the SOC of the battery at an optimal level.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the control portion calculates a maximum torque that can be output from an engine considering of the engine environmental variables, calculates a maximum torque that can be output from a motor considering of the motor environmental variables, and calculates the maximum torque of the vehicle by adding together the maximum torque that can be output from the engine and the maximum torque that can be output from the motor.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the control portion divides the calculated acceleration torque to the engine and the motor according to a ratio of the maximum torque that can be output from the engine to the maximum torque that can be output from the motor.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable program instructions executed by a processor to control acceleration torque to manage a state of charge (SOC) of a battery of a hybrid vehicle, comprising:
program instructions that set a creep torque as a minimum torque;
program instructions that calculate a maximum torque that can be output from an engine based engine environmental variables wherein the engine environmental variables are detected by a detector, wherein the engine environment variables include an altitude of the vehicle, engine friction torque, and engine oil temperature;
program instructions that calculate a maximum torque that can be output from a motor based on motor environmental variables wherein the motor environmental variables are detected by the detector, wherein the motor environmental variables include motor temperature and the SOC of the battery;
program instructions that calculate a maximum torque of the vehicle by combining the maximum torque that can be output from the engine and the maximum torque that can be output from the motor;
program instructions that calculate an acceleration torque by using a position of an accelerator pedal, the minimum torque, and the maximum torque of the vehicle;
program instructions that calculate an engine division torque and a motor division torque which the engine and the motor respectively output, using the acceleration torque; and
program instructions that control the engine and the motor using the engine division torque and the motor division torque to manage the SOC of the battery at an optimal level.

Assignees

• Park Tae Wook
• Kim Jeongeun
• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Park Tae Wook
• Kim Jeongeun

Classifications

• Y02T10/6286

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60W2710/0688

  Engine temperature · CPC title

• B60W2510/244

  Charge state · CPC title

• B60W20/106 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60W2520/10

  Longitudinal speed · CPC title