Control device of lock-up clutch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9709166-B2
Application number	US-201615290520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2016
Priority date	Nov 11, 2015
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A control device includes a deceleration flex-torque calculation unit that calculates a target torque capacity of a lock-up clutch when a state of the lock-up clutch is controlled to a deceleration flex control state, an acceleration flex-torque calculation unit that calculates a target torque capacity of the lock-up clutch when the state of the lock-up clutch is controlled to an acceleration flex control state, and a control unit that controls a torque capacity of the lock-up clutch to a target torque capacity calculated by the acceleration flex-torque calculation unit, during a period until a target torque capacity calculated by the acceleration flex-torque calculation unit falls below a target torque capacity calculated by the deceleration flex-torque calculation unit, when the state of the lock-up clutch is shifted from the acceleration flex control state to the deceleration flex control state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device of a lock-up clutch that is mounted on a vehicle including a torque converter that transmits output torque of an engine to a transmission and a lock-up clutch that can directly connect a side of the engine with a side of the transmission of the torque converter, and controls a state of the lock-up clutch to any one of an engaged state, a released state, a deceleration flex control state in which a differential rotation speed of the lock-up clutch being a rotation speed obtained by subtracting a rotation speed of an output shaft from a rotation speed of an input shaft of the lock-up clutch is controlled to a negative value when an accelerator operation amount is zero, and an acceleration flex control state in which the differential rotation speed of the lock-up clutch is controlled to a positive value when the accelerator operation amount is greater than zero, the control device of the lock-up clutch comprising:
a deceleration flex-torque calculation unit configured to calculate a target torque capacity of the lock-up clutch when the state of the lock-up clutch is controlled to the deceleration flex control state;
an acceleration flex-torque calculation unit configured to calculate a target torque capacity of the lock-up clutch when the state of the lock-up clutch is controlled to the acceleration flex control state; and
a control unit configured to control a torque capacity of the lock-up clutch to a target torque capacity calculated by the acceleration flex-torque calculation unit, during a period until a target torque capacity calculated by the acceleration flex-torque calculation unit falls below a target torque capacity calculated by the deceleration flex-torque calculation unit, when the state of the lock-up clutch is shifted from the acceleration flex control state to the deceleration flex control state in accordance with the accelerator operation amount becoming zero.

2. The control device of a lock-up clutch according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to control the state of the lock-up clutch to the deceleration flex control state, when the torque converter becomes in a driven state in which a speed ratio is greater than 1 during a period until a target torque capacity calculated by the acceleration flex-torque calculation unit falls below a target torque capacity calculated by the deceleration flex-torque calculation unit.

3. The control device of a lock-up clutch according to claim 2 , wherein in a case where a target torque capacity calculated by the acceleration flex-torque calculation unit does not fall below a target torque capacity calculated by the deceleration flex-torque calculation unit even when a predetermined time has passed since the accelerator operation amount becomes zero, the control unit is configured to control the state of the lock-up clutch to the deceleration flex control state.

4. The control device of a lock-up clutch according to claim 3 , wherein when controlling the state of the lock-up clutch to the deceleration flex control state, the control unit is configured to continuously decrease the torque capacity of the lock-up clutch from the target torque capacity calculated by the acceleration flex-torque calculation unit to the target torque capacity calculated by the deceleration flex-torque calculation unit.

5. The control device of a lock-up clutch according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where a target torque capacity calculated by the acceleration flex-torque calculation unit does not fall below a target torque capacity calculated by the deceleration flex-torque calculation unit even when a predetermined time has passed since the accelerator operation amount becomes zero, the control unit is configured to control the state of the lock-up clutch to the deceleration flex control state.

6. The control device of a lock-up clutch according to claim 5 , wherein when controlling the state of the lock-up clutch to the deceleration flex control state, the control unit is configured to continuously decrease the torque capacity of the lock-up clutch from the target torque capacity calculated by the acceleration flex-torque calculation unit to the target torque capacity calculated by the deceleration flex-torque calculation unit.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ando Takayuki
• Kuwahara Seiji
• Shinohara Shuntaro
• Mizuto Ryosuke

Classifications

• F16D2500/10412

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