Power system for electric vehicle and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9487105-B2
Application number	US-201414332101-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2014
Priority date	Dec 16, 2013
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed are a power system for an electric vehicle and a control method of a power system for an electric vehicle. The power system may include a first motor and a second motor configured as a power source, first and second reduction gears connected to the first and second motors and having different deceleration ratios, a driving shaft transmitting outputs of the first and second reduction gears, and a motor controller configured to determine a first driving point where the first motor responds according to a demand torque of a driver and a driving condition of the vehicle and a second driving point where the second motor responds according to the demand torque of the driver and the driving condition of the vehicle, and control driving by using at least one of an output torque of the first motor and/or an output torque of the second motor according to the determined driving point.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power system for an electric vehicle, comprising:
a first motor and a second motor configured as a power source;
a first reduction gear connected to the first motor and a second reduction gear connected to the second motor;
a driving shaft continuously connected to the first motor through the first reduction gear, continuously connected to the second motor though the second reduction gear, and configured to transmit outputs of the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear; and
a motor controller configured to determine first driving point candidates where the first motor responds according to a demand torque of a driver and a driving condition of the vehicle, determine second driving point candidates where the second motor responds according to the first driving point candidates, determine a high-efficiency first driving point where the first motor responds and a high-efficiency second driving point where the second motor responds in which power consumption of the first motor and the second motor is minimum among the driving point candidates, determine an output torque of the first motor and an output torque of the second motor based on the high-efficiency driving point and the high-efficiency of the second driving point, and control driving of the first motor and the second motor based on the output torque of the first motor and the output torque of the second motor.

2. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the first reduction gear connected to the first motor and the second reduction gear connected to the second motor have different deceleration ratios.

3. The power system of claim 1 , wherein a first driven gear is formed in the first reduction gear and a second driven gear is formed in the second reduction gear such that the first driven gear and the second driven gear are connected to the driving shaft.

4. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the output torque of the first motor and the output torque of the second motor are the same or different.

5. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the motor controller controls driving by a single output torque of either the output torque of the first motor or the output torque of the second motor according to the determined driving point.

6. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the motor controller controls driving by a combined torque of the output torque of the first motor and the output torque of the second motor according to the determined driving point.

7. The power system of claim 6 , wherein the combined torque is determined according to power consumption of the first motor and the second motor.

8. The power system of claim 1 , wherein the driving points are determined based on a latticed table divided according to a wheel torque and a vehicle speed.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Yong Gi
• Kim Tal Chol
• Choe Ryong

Classifications

• Y02T10/72

  Electric energy management in electromobility · CPC title

• H02P5/747

  mechanically coupled by gearing · CPC title

• B60K1/02

  comprising more than one electric motor · CPC title

• Y02T10/7258

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60L15/20 Primary

  for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed · CPC title