Vehicle control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9567963-B2
Application number	US-201214390900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2012
Priority date	Apr 9, 2012
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle control device includes an engine, a starter for starting the engine, a transmission for transmitting power of the engine to a driving wheel, an oil pump for supplying hydraulic pressure to the transmission according to the power of the engine, an accumulator for accumulating the hydraulic pressure ejected from the oil pump, and an electromagnetic on-off valve for controlling the hydraulic pressure accumulated in the accumulator. When the engine is restarted after the engine has stopped, an ECU of the vehicle control device opens the electromagnetic on-off valve at the time a line pressure has become equal to or higher than a predetermined hydraulic pressure after the start of the starter, and supplies the hydraulic pressure accumulated in the accumulator to respective portions of the transmission.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle control device comprising:
an engine;
a starter configured to start the engine;
a power transmission device configured to transmit power of the engine to a driving wheel;
an oil pump configured to supply hydraulic pressure to the power transmission device according to the power of the engine;
an accumulator configured to accumulate the hydraulic pressure ejected from the oil pump; and
an electromagnetic on-off valve configured to control the hydraulic pressure accumulated in the accumulator, wherein
the accumulator is connected to a hydraulic pressure circuit through the electromagnetic on-off valve,
the oil pump is connected to the hydraulic pressure circuit without passing through the electromagnetic on-off valve,
each of the hydraulic pressure accumulated in the accumulator and the hydraulic pressure generated by the oil pump is supplied to the power transmission device through the hydraulic pressure circuit,
the vehicle control device executes a restart control when the engine is restarted after the engine has stopped, the restart control including:
starting a drive of the starter; and
when hydraulic pressure generated according to a drive of the oil pump has become equal to or higher than a predetermined hydraulic pressure while the starter is driven, opening the electromagnetic on-off valve to supply the hydraulic pressure accumulated in the accumulator to the power transmission device.

Assignees

• Morino Takuro
• Moriyama Shuji
• Ito Yoshio
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Morino Takuro
• Moriyama Shuji
• Ito Yoshio

Classifications

• F16H2061/0034

  Accumulators for fluid pressure supply; Control thereof · CPC title

• F02F1/10

  for liquid cooling · CPC title

• F16H61/00

  Control functions within {control units of} change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion {; Control of exclusively fluid gearing, friction gearing, gearings with endless flexible members or other particular types of gearing} · CPC title

• F02F1/14

  Cylinders with means for directing, guiding or distributing liquid stream · CPC title

• F01P2003/021

  Cooling cylinders · CPC title