Engine stop device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9694809-B2
Application number	US-201514867369-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2015
Priority date	Oct 2, 2014
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

An engine stop device includes: a detection part that detects a difference between a current position of a crankshaft and a target stop position of the crankshaft; and a control part that controls a motor based on the detected difference so that the crankshaft is able to approach the target stop position when an engine is stopped or after the engine is stopped. The control part selects one of a plurality of maps that define a relationship between a moving distance and a rotational speed based on the detected difference, and controls the motor based on the selected map.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An engine stop device that is mounted on a vehicle that is equipped with an engine and a motor that is able to output torque to a crankshaft of the engine, the engine stop device comprising:
a detection part that detects a difference between a current position of the crankshaft and a target stop position of the crankshaft; and
a control part that controls the motor based on the detected difference so that the crankshaft is able to approach the target stop position when the engine is stopped or after the engine is stopped, wherein
the control part selects one of a plurality of maps that define a relationship between a moving distance which is a value that relates to a rotational angle of the crankshaft and a rotational speed of the crankshaft based on the detected difference, and controls the motor based on the selected map.

2. The engine stop device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control part selects, from the plurality of maps, a correction map when the detected difference is smaller than a threshold value, the correction map being a map in which the relationship between the moving distance and the rotational speed is defined with a higher resolution than in a first map that is selected when the detected difference is equal to or greater than the threshold value.

3. The engine stop device according to claim 2 , wherein
the rotational speed is regarded as zero in the correction map when the moving distance has a value within a predetermined range that includes the target stop position.

4. The engine stop device according to claim 2 , wherein
the correction map has an upper limit for the rotational speed that is lower than that in the first map.

5. The engine stop device according to claim 2 , wherein
when a stop position of the crankshaft is displaced from the target stop position after the engine is stopped, the control part selects, as the first map, a map in which the rotational speed once increases in such a direction as to rotate the crankshaft positively and then decreases as the current position of the crankshaft approaches the target stop position, and selects, as the correction map, a map in which the rotational speed in such a direction as to rotate the crankshaft positively decreases as the current position of the crankshaft approaches the target stop position from such a direction that the moving distance increases and the rotational speed in such a direction as to rotate the crankshaft negatively decreases as the current position of the crankshaft approaches the target stop position from such a direction that the moving distance decreases.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ang Wanleng
• Okamura Masaki

Classifications

• B60W20/40 Primary

  Controlling the engagement or disengagement of prime movers, e.g. for transition between prime movers {(power-up or power-down of the driveline B60W30/192)} · CPC title

• B60K6/20

  the prime-movers consisting of electric motors and internal combustion engines, e.g. HEVs · CPC title

• B60W10/08

  including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators · CPC title

• Y02T10/6286

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60W20/00

  Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles {(hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L)} · CPC title