Hydraulic control system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9863294-B2
Application number	US-201514851399-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2015
Priority date	Sep 16, 2014
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

A first check valve of a hydraulic control system allows oil to flow in only a direction from a first oil pump toward an oil receiving portion. A second check valve allows oil to flow in only a direction from a second oil pump toward the oil receiving portion. A third oil passage is configured to provide communication between a merging point of a first oil passage and a second oil passage, and the second oil pump by bypassing the second check valve. The third oil passage includes a throttle mechanism. The third oil passage is configured to restrict a flow rate of oil that is discharged from the second oil pump.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydraulic control system for a vehicle including at least an engine, the hydraulic control system comprising:
a first oil pump that is a mechanical oil pump, the first oil pump being configured to be driven by a driving force source of the vehicle to generate hydraulic pressure;
a second oil pump that is an electric oil pump, the second oil pump being configured to be driven by an electric motor to generate hydraulic pressure, and the electric motor being different from the driving force source;
an oil receiving portion configured to be supplied with oil that is discharged from the first oil pump or the second oil pump;
a first oil passage configured to provide communication between the first oil pump and the oil receiving portion;
a second oil passage configured to provide communication between the second oil pump and the oil receiving portion;
a first check valve provided between a merging point and the first oil pump, the first check valve being configured to allow oil to flow in only a direction from the first oil pump toward the oil receiving portion, and the merging point being a portion at which the first oil passage and the second oil passage merge with each other;
a second check valve provided between the merging point and the second oil pump, the second check valve being configured to allow oil to flow in only a direction from the second oil pump toward the oil receiving portion;
a third oil passage configured to provide communication between the merging point and the second oil pump by bypassing the second check valve, and the third oil passage including a throttle mechanism, the third oil passage being configured to restrict a flow rate of oil that is discharged from the second oil pump;
an electronic control unit;
a casing that accommodates at least the first oil pump;
an oil temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of oil inside the casing; and
a coolant temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of coolant of the engine, wherein
the first oil pump is configured to be driven by rotating the engine to generate hydraulic pressure,
oil is able to flow from the first oil pump to the second oil pump via the third oil passage,
the electronic control unit is configured to drive the second oil pump, when the temperature of the oil inside the casing is higher than or equal to a predetermined oil temperature and the temperature of the coolant is higher than or equal to a predetermined coolant temperature, and
the electronic control unit is configured to drive the second oil pump after first rotating the engine to drive the first oil pump, when the temperature of the oil inside the casing is higher than or equal to the predetermined oil temperature and the temperature of the coolant is lower than the predetermined coolant temperature.

2. The hydraulic control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to stop the driving of the second oil pump, when a rotation speed of the second oil pump is lower than a predetermined rotation speed after the second oil pump is driven.

3. The hydraulic control system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to drive the second oil pump at a predetermined lower output, when a rotation speed of the second oil pump is lower than a predetermined rotation speed after the second oil pump is driven.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kodama Takuya
• Kimura Hiroaki
• Inaoka Shigeho

Classifications

• F01M2001/0215

  Electrical pumps · CPC title

• F16H2061/1208

  with diagnostic check cycles; Monitoring of failures · CPC title

• F16H61/0031

  using auxiliary pumps, e.g. pump driven by a different power source than the engine · CPC title

• F16H61/12

  Detecting malfunction or potential malfunction, e.g. fail safe (in control of hydrostatic gearing F16H61/4192) {; Circumventing or fixing failures} · CPC title

• F01M5/005

  Controlling temperature of lubricant · CPC title