Control system for hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9758055-B2
Application number	US-201514972558-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2015
Priority date	Dec 24, 2014
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A control system for a hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a rotary electric machine, a battery, a cooling fan configured to cool the battery, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine an operation of the cooling fan based on charged-discharged electric power of the battery and presence or absence of a charging request that is based on an intention of a user. The controller is configured to control the operation of the cooling fan such that the battery is cooled more in a case where the charging request is present than in a case where the charging request is absent with the same charged-discharged electric power.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control system for a hybrid vehicle, the control system comprising:
an internal combustion engine for driving the vehicle;
a rotary electric machine for driving the vehicle;
a battery configured to receive electric power from the rotary electric machine and transmit electric power to the rotary electric machine;
a cooling fan configured to cool the battery; and
a controller configured to determine an operation of the cooling fan based on charged-discharged electric power of the battery and presence or absence of a charging request that is based on an intention of a user, the controller being configured to control the operation of the cooling fan such that the battery is cooled more in a case of i) below than in a case of ii) with a same charged-discharged electric power, wherein a charged-discharged electric power of the battery when the charging request is present is equal to a charged-discharged electric power of the battery when the charging request is absent,
i) the charging request is present, and
ii) the charging request is absent.

2. A control system for a hybrid vehicle, the control system comprising:
an internal combustion engine for driving the vehicle;
a rotary electric machine for driving the vehicle;
a battery configured to receive electric power from the rotary electric machine and transmit electric power to the rotary electric machine;
a cooling fan configured to cool the battery; and
a switch configured to issue a command of an increasing operation of a power storage amount of the battery; and
a controller configured to determine an operation of the cooling fan based on charged-discharged electric power of the battery and an on-off state of the switch, the controller being configured to control the operation of the cooling fan such that the battery is cooled more in a case of i) below than in a case of ii) with a same charged-discharged electric power, wherein a charged-discharged electric power of the battery when the charging request is present is equal to a charged-discharged electric power of the battery when the charging request is absent,
i) the switch is in the on state, and
ii) the switch is in the off state.

3. A control system for a hybrid vehicle, the control system comprising:
an internal combustion engine for driving the vehicle;
a rotary electric machine for driving the vehicle;
a battery configured to receive electric power from the rotary electric machine and transmit electric power to the rotary electric machine;
a cooling fan configured to cool the battery; and
a controller configured to predict whether a travel only by the rotary electric machine will be made in a future and configured to determine an operation of the cooling fan based on charged-discharged electric power of the battery and a prediction of the travel only by the rotary electric machine, the controller being configured to control the operation of the cooling fan such that the battery is cooled more in a case of i) below than in a case of ii) with a same charged-discharged electric power, wherein a charged-discharged electric power of the battery when the charging request is present is equal to a charged-discharged electric power of the battery when the charging request is absent,
i) the travel only by the rotary electric machine is predicted, and
ii) the travel only by the rotary electric machine is not predicted.

4. The control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is configured to set a lower limit temperature at which the cooling fan is operated to be lower in the case of i) than in the case of ii).

5. The control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is configured to control an air volume of the cooling fan to be larger in the case of i) than in the case of ii).

6. The control system according to claim 4 , wherein
the controller is configured to obtain a speed of the vehicle, and
the controller is configured to increase an air volume of the cooling fan as a vehicle speed becomes higher in the case of i).

7. The control system according to claim 5 , wherein
the controller is configured to obtain a speed of the vehicle, and
the controller is configured to increase the air volume of the cooling fan as the vehicle speed becomes higher in the case of i).

8. The control system according to claim 4 , wherein
the controller is configured to obtain output of the internal combustion engine, and
the controller is configured to increase an air volume of the cooling fan as output of the internal combustion engine becomes higher in the case of i).

9. The control system according to claim 4 , wherein
the hybrid vehicle is configured to travel by switching between an EV mode and an HV mode,
the EV mode is a mode in which the vehicle is driven only by the rotary electric machine,
the HV mode is a mode in which the vehicle is driven by selectively using or using both of the rotary electric machines and the internal combustion engine in accordance with a situation, and
the controller is configured to increase an air volume of the cooling fan as output of the internal combustion engine becomes higher, in the case of i) and the vehicle travels in the HV mode.

10. The control system according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller is configured such that when the rotary electric machines are predicted to be operated at a high output in the future, based on a charging request of the battery from the user, the on state of the switch for commanding an increase in the power storage amount, and the prediction of the travel by the rotary electric machine only, the temperature increase of the battery during the high output operation is suppressed by suppressing the temperature increase of the battery before the high output operation.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Izumi Junta

Classifications

• B60L53/57

  Charging stations without connection to power networks · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title

• B60W20/13

  in order to stay within battery power input or output limits; in order to prevent overcharging or battery depletion · CPC title

• B60W10/06

  including control of combustion engines · CPC title

• B60W2510/246

  Temperature · CPC title