Control method of dual clutch transmission for vehicle and control system for the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9856978-B2
Application number	US-201615137525-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2016
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a control method and a control system of a dual clutch transmission for a vehicle. The method includes: a pre-engagement-determining step of determining whether any one of gears has been pre-engaged, by means of a controller; a clutch-moving step of generating an oscillation signal to the release input shaft and increasing a clutch position value of the release input shaft; and a signal-determining step of determining whether the oscillation signal generated to the release input shaft is sensed at the engagement input shaft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method of a dual clutch transmission for a vehicle, the method comprising:
a pre-engagement-determining step of determining whether any one of gears on a release input shaft has been pre-engaged, by means of a controller;
a clutch-moving step of generating an oscillation signal to the release input shaft and increasing a clutch position value by controlling a clutch actuator of the release input shaft, when the controller determines that any one of the gears on the release input shaft has been pre-engaged in the pre-engagement-determining step;
a signal-determining step of determining whether the oscillation signal generated to the release input shaft has been sensed at an engagement input shaft by means of the controller; and
a touch point-learning step of learning a current clutch point of the release input shaft as a touch point, when the controller determines that the oscillation signal has been sensed at the engagement input shaft in the signal-determining step.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the clutch-moving step, the controller is configured to generate an oscillation signal having a frequency set in advance in the controller by periodically changing a clutch torque value of the release input shaft by controlling the clutch actuator of the release input shaft.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the signal-determining step, the controller is configured to determine whether the oscillation signal generated to the release input shaft is sensed at the engagement input shaft by monitoring a rotational speed of the engagement input shaft.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the signal-determining step, the controller is configured to determine whether the oscillation signal generated to the release input shaft is sensed at the engagement input shaft by filtering a signal generated to the engagement input shaft and monitoring the filtered signal.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein in the signal-determining step, the signal generated to the engagement input shaft is filtered by a high-pass filter and the oscillation signal generated in an oscillation signal-generating step has a frequency within a pass band of the high-pass filter.

6. A control system of a dual clutch transmission for a vehicle, comprising:
a transmission including an engagement input shaft and a release input shaft connected to clutches, respectively;
a clutch actuator configured to adjust clutch positions of the engagement and release input shafts; and
a controller configured to determine whether any one of gears on the release input shaft has been pre-engaged, and configured to adjust a clutch position and a clutch torque by controlling the clutch actuator, and
wherein the controller is configured to determine whether an oscillation signal, which is generated to the release input shaft, is sensed at the engagement input shaft, and configured to learn the clutch position of the release input shaft as a touch point when the oscillation signal for the release input shaft is sensed at the engagement input shaft.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Ho Young

Classifications

• F16D48/06

  Control by electric or electronic means, e.g. of fluid pressure · CPC title

• F16H61/688 Primary

  with two inputs, e.g. selection of one of two torque-flow paths by clutches · CPC title

• B60W10/02

  including control of driveline clutches · CPC title

• F16D2500/30806

  Engaged transmission ratio · CPC title

• F16D2500/30412

  Torque of the input shaft · CPC title