Control device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9932039-B2
Application number	US-201514846408-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2015
Priority date	Sep 5, 2014
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A control device is configured to: (i) control rotation speed of internal combustion engine such that the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is increased with an increase in a traveling speed of a vehicle, (ii) execute a pseudo gear shift to control the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine such that the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is decreased to a first rotation speed, (iii) execute a mechanical gear shift to change a second gear ratio according to a gear shift line determined by the traveling speed and a value according to the acceleration request, and (iv) execute adjustment control to adjust the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine in advance in a period before executing the mechanical gear shift such that the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine matches the pseudo gear shift threshold value when the mechanical gear shift is performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device for a vehicle, the vehicle including
an internal combustion engine,
a driving wheel,
a continuously variable transmission including a first input shaft and a first output shaft, the first input shaft being rotationally driven by the internal combustion engine,
the continuously variable transmission being configured to continuously change a first gear ratio, and the first gear ratio being a ratio of a rotation speed of the first input shaft to a rotation speed of the first output shaft, and
a stepped variable transmission including a second input shaft and a second output shaft, the second input shaft being connected to the first output shaft, the second output shaft being connected to the driving wheel, and the second output shaft being configured to transmit torque to the driving wheel,
the stepped variable transmission being configured to change a second gear ratio in a stepwise manner, and the second gear ratio being a ratio of a rotation speed of the second input shaft to a rotation speed of the second output shaft, and
the control device comprising:
an electronic control unit configured to
(i) control a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine in a period during which the vehicle is accelerated according to an acceleration request to the vehicle such that the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is increased with an increase in a traveling speed of the vehicle,
(ii) when the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine reaches a predetermined pseudo gear shift threshold value, execute a pseudo gear shift to control the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine such that the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is decreased to a first rotation speed,
(iii) execute a mechanical gear shift to change the second gear ratio according to a gear shift line determined by the traveling speed and a value according to the acceleration request, and
(iv) execute adjustment control to adjust the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine in advance in a period before executing the mechanical gear shift such that the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine matches the pseudo gear shift threshold value when the mechanical gear shift is performed.

2. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle includes an electric motor,
the continuously variable transmission is a power distribution mechanism,
an output shaft of the electric motor is connected to the first output shaft and is configured to transmit torque to the first output shaft, and
the electronic control unit is configured to execute control of the electric motor.

3. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to adjust an engine rotation speed increase rate in the adjustment control, the engine rotation speed increase rate being a ratio of a unit increase amount of the rotation speed of the first input shaft to a unit increase amount of the rotation speed of the first output shaft.

4. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to adjust the first rotation speed in the adjustment control.

5. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to adjust a second rotation speed in the adjustment control, and the second rotation speed is a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine at an acceleration start time when the vehicle starts to be accelerated based on the acceleration request.

6. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to adjust at least two parameters among a plurality of parameters in the adjustment control, the plurality of parameters include
(a) an engine rotation speed increase rate that is a ratio of a unit increase amount of the rotation speed of the first input shaft to a unit increase amount of the rotation speed of the first output shaft,
(b) the first rotation speed, and
(c) a second rotation speed that is a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine at an acceleration start time when the vehicle starts to be accelerated based on the acceleration request to the vehicle.

7. The control device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the electronic control unit is configured to change at least two parameters to be adjusted in the adjustment control among the engine rotation speed increase rate, the first rotation speed, and the second rotation speed within an allowable range of each parameter such that the pseudo gear shift is executed before the mechanical gear shift is executed.

8. A control method for a vehicle, the vehicle including
an internal combustion engine,
a driving wheel,
a continuously variable transmission including a first input shaft and a first output shaft, the first input shaft being rotationally driven by the internal combustion engine,
the continuously variable transmission being configured to continuously change a first gear ratio, and the first gear ratio being a ratio of a rotation speed of the first input shaft to a rotation speed of the first output shaft, and
a stepped variable transmission including a second input shaft and a second output shaft, the second input shaft being connected to the first output shaft, the second output shaft being connected to the driving wheel and the second output shaft being configured to transmit torque to the driving wheel,
the stepped variable transmission being configured to change a second gear ratio in a stepwise manner, and the second gear ratio being a ratio of a rotation speed of the second input shaft to a rotation speed of the second output shaft,
the control method comprising:
controlling a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine in a period during which the vehicle is accelerated according to an acceleration request to the vehicle such that the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is increased with an increase in a traveling speed of the vehicle;
when the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine reaches a predetermined pseudo gear shift threshold value, executing a pseudo gear shift to control the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine such that the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine is decreased to a first rotation speed;
executing a mechanical gear shift to change the second gear ratio according to a gear shift line determined by the traveling speed and a value according to the acceleration request; and
executing adjustment control to adjust the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine in advance in a period before executing the mechanical gear shift such that the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine matches the pseudo gear shift threshold value when the mechanical gear shift is performed.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iketomi Kazuhiro
• Sasade Shinichi
• Katsumata Munehiro
• Shiiba Kazuyuki
• Matsubara Tooru
• Kitahata Takeshi
• Kumazaki Kenta

Classifications

• B60W2710/0661

  Speed change rate · CPC title

• Y10S903/918

  Continuously variable · CPC title

• F16H2037/023

  the combined gearing being provided with at least two forward and one reverse ratio in a serially arranged sub-transmission · CPC title

• B60W2510/0638

  Engine speed · CPC title

• B60W2710/1011

  Input shaft speed, e.g. turbine speed · CPC title