Dry clutch control method for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9695887-B2
Application number	US-201414548959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2014
Priority date	Jul 4, 2014
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed are dry clutch control method and apparatus for a vehicle. The method may include a reference speed generating step of generating a virtual target input shaft speed from a wheel speed, a vibration recognizing step of detecting a vibration component based on a difference between an actually measured input shaft speed and the virtual target input shaft speed, and a control input step of additionally applying an anti judder control input to a clutch control torque controlling a dry clutch connected to an input shaft. The anti judder control input may be applied to the vibration component recognized in the vibration recognizing step in a form of being continuously damped starting from an impulsive control input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dry clutch control method for a vehicle, comprising:
a reference speed generating step of generating a virtual target input shaft speed from a wheel speed;
a vibration recognizing step of detecting a vibration component based on a difference between an actually measured input shaft speed and the virtual target input shaft speed;
a control input step of additionally applying an anti judder control input to a clutch control torque controlling a dry clutch connected to an input shaft, in which the anti judder control input is applied to the vibration component recognized in the vibration recognizing step in a form of being continuously damped starting from an impulsive control input,
wherein the anti judder control input applied in the control input step is determined by a differential equation over time:
{dot over (T)} AJ =−σT AJ +λ|ω i −ω id |

wherein
T AJ represents an anti judder control torque,
σ represents a constant determining a damping speed of the anti judder control torque,
λ represents an impulse magnitude of the anti judder control torque,
ω i represents the actually measured in input shaft speed, and
ω id represents the virtual target input shaft speed.

2. The dry clutch control method for a vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising:
a vibration state determining step of limiting the control input step to be performed only if an amplitude of the vibration component recognized in the vibration recognizing step is equal to or more than a predetermined reference value, wherein the vibration state determining step is performed between the vibration recognizing step and the control input step.

3. The dry clutch control method for a vehicle of claim 2 , further comprising:
a driving state determining step of determining a driving state of the vehicle, wherein
the driving state determining step is performed between the vibration state determining step and the control input step, and
the control input step is performed if the driving state of the vehicle determined in the driving state determining step is an launch state from a stop state of the vehicle.

4. The dry clutch control method for a vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the driving state of the vehicle determined in the driving state determining step includes:
a vehicle speed state representing whether it is in a range in which the judder of the clutch occurs in a case in which a vehicle speed exceeds a predetermined level;
a slip state representing whether it is in a range in which the judder of the clutch occurs in a case in which a slip of the clutch is less than a predetermined level;
an engine speed change state representing whether the engine is in a normal state in a case in which a change in the engine speed is in a predetermined range; and
an engine speed state representing whether the engine speed is higher than an idle speed of the engine,
wherein when the vehicle speed state is in the range in which the judder of the clutch occurs, the slip of the clutch is in the range in which the judder of the clutch occurs, the engine is in the normal state, and the engine speed is higher than the idle speed of the engine, the control input step is performed.

5. The dry clutch control method for a vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the driving state of the vehicle determined in the driving state determining step further includes:
a repetition number of an operation of stepping on and off an accelerator pedal by a driver within a predetermined time,
wherein the control input step is not performed if the operation of stepping on and off the accelerator pedal is repeated within the predetermined time.

6. The dry clutch control method for a vehicle of claim 5 , wherein when the vehicle speed state, the slip state, and the engine speed state deviate from a condition to perform the control input step or when the driver steps off the accelerator pedal, performance of the control input step stops.

7. A dry clutch control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
a vibration component extractor configured to generate a virtual target input shaft speed from a wheel speed and detect a vibration component based on a difference between an actually measured input shaft speed and the virtual target input shaft speed; and
a feedback controller configured to additionally apply an anti judder control input to a clutch control torque controlling a dry clutch connected to an input shaft, in which the anti judder control input is applied to the vibration component recognized in the vibration component extractor in a form of being continuously damped starting from an impulsive control input,
wherein the vibration component extractor includes:
an integration part configured to obtain a rotating speed of the input shaft associated with current driving by multiplying a transmission gear ratio and a final reduction ratio by the wheel speed;
a high pass filter configured to process the obtained rotating speed of the input shaft; and
a comparator configured to extract the vibration component based on the difference between the actually measured input shaft speed and the virtual target input shaft speed output from the high pass filter.

8. The dry clutch control apparatus for a vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the feedback controller determines and applies the anti judder control input by a differential equation over time only when an amplitude of the vibration component input from the vibration component extractor is equal to or more than a predetermined reference value, wherein the differential equation is:
{dot over (T)} AJ =−σT AJ +λ|ω i −ω id |

wherein
T AJ represents an anti judder control torque,
σ represents a constant determining a damping speed of the anti judder control torque,
λ represents an impulse magnitude of the anti judder control torque,
ω i represents the actually measured input shaft speed, and
ω id represents the virtual target input shaft speed.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Jin Sung

Classifications

• F16D2500/7109

  Pulsed signal; Generating or processing pulsed signals; PWM, width modulation, frequency or amplitude modulation · CPC title

• F16D2500/3067

  Speed of the engine · CPC title

• F16D2500/50293

  Reduction of vibrations · CPC title

• F16D2500/3144

  Accelerator pedal position · CPC title

• F16D2500/3108

  Vehicle speed · CPC title